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“We have a presumptive nominee for president facing 88 felony counts, and we are being prevented from even acknowledging it. These are not alternative facts. These are real facts. A candidate for president of the United States is on trial for sending a hush money payment to a porn star to avoid a sex scandal during his 2016 campaign, and then fraudulently disguising those payments in violation of the law.
“He is also charged with conspiring to overturn the election. He is also charged with stealing classified information, and the jury has already found him liable for rape in a civil court. Yet in this Republican-controlled House, it is okay to talk about the trial, but you have to call it a sham. It is okay to say the jury is rigged, but not that Trump should be held accountable.
“It is okay to say the court is corrupt, but not to say Trump is corrupting the rule of law.” – Rep. Jim McGovern, whose remarks were stricken by the chair after a raucous hour-long argument between Democrats and Republicans.
Republicans just banned me from speaking on the House Floor for the rest of the day because I listed Trump’s trials.
I didn’t say he was guilty, I just stated the fact that they exist—and for that I was silenced.
Apparently, Republicans are allowed to say that Trump’s trial is… https://t.co/ajpmtxAze1
— Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) May 22, 2024
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA): “A jury has already found [Trump] liable for rape in a civil court. And yet, in this Republican-controlled House, it’s okay to talk about the trial but you have to call it a sham.”
Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN): “I demand that his words be taken down.” pic.twitter.com/c31kM69a8q
— The Recount (@therecount) May 22, 2024
Harvey Milk was a champion of LGBTQI+ equality and a beacon of progress. Today on what would have been his 94th birthday, I am honoring his legacy by continuing the fight for equality with my colleagues in the @EqualityCaucus. #HarveyMilkDay pic.twitter.com/KWQn9EFE3n
— Rep. Jim McGovern (@RepMcGovern) May 22, 2024