Incivility at House Hearing
Democrat Shouts Sown Black Pro-Life Woman
Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, yelled at an African-American woman recently , accusing her of "ignorance," after she testified before a Congressional committee about abortion being the "leading cause of death in the black community today."
Star Parker, founder and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), suggested it's disingenuous to conflate abortion with social ills. Parker was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice as it discussed legislation banning abortions on babies with beating hearts.
Cohen retorted that he would "like to say that I am not disingenuous about anything I say about Medicaid, or Medicare . . . or SNAP programs."
Then, raising his voice, he continued, "And to suggest I'm disingenuous shows your ignorance or your absolute inability to deal with Congress people the way they should.
"I believe in those issues and I think they're proper, and to say I'm disingenuous is just wrong and I expect an apology."
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, immediately rejoined, "I would ask for an apology from the gentleman from Tennessee (for) calling our witness ignorant when it seems to me she has a whole lot more knowledge and wisdom" than he does.
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