WASHINGTON – A House committee hearing devolved into chaos on Thursday as Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) pressed lawmakers to subpoena Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after her security team assaulted Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) at a press briefing.
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing was underway when the shocking news broke of Padilla being forcibly removed from Noem’s press event and dragged to the ground. Frost repeatedly brought up the incident and asked that the committee subpoena Noem over the scuffle, which led to sniping from Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) and other Republicans.
“Reclaiming my time!” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said repeatedly.
Comer, the committee chair, tried to move on with questions for the panel of governors testifying about leading sanctuary states, or safe havens for undocumented immigrants. Nevertheless, Frost persisted, bringing up details about the California senator being handcuffed and thrown to the ground, and asking for a subpoena — until Comer snapped.
“Shut up!” he shouted at Frost. “Just shut up!”
