Mike Johnson took the podium at one point, banging the gavel and announcing, “The House will be in order! It is a violation of decorum to wave flags on the floor of the House."
April 21, 2024

Is there anything sweeter than seeing Republican tears? Finally, after six months of stalling, Ukrainians will get the military aid they so desperately need to defend their country, a development that left many Republican lawmakers angry and sad. That's a real shame, isn't it?

Source: Mediaite

Some House Democrats cheered, chanted, “Ukraine, Ukraine!” and waved small Ukrainian flags on the House floor following passage of the aid bill, causing the Chair to bang the gavel and remind them that “House decorum” precluded them from doing so.

House Speaker Mike Johnson took the podium at one point, banging the gavel and announcing, “The House will be in order! It is a violation of decorum to wave flags on the floor of the House. The chair said it, the speaker’s repeated it, please put the flags down.”

Except there is no rule about waving flags on the House floor, just general rules about whooping and hollering, but that's ignored when there's actually something to whoop and holler about, as there was yesterday. Seeing as there is no rule, Republican Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL) sprang into action and said she'd draft legislation that would prohibit the display of foreign flags at any time on the floor, she was so upset by yesterday's celebration.

Rand Paul took time from his busy trolling schedule to fire this tweet off.

As did the other useful idiots for Putin.

Democrat Bill Pascrell was unrepentant though.

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