Chaos in House as Comer Threatens to Have Sgt. of Arms Forcibly Remove Congressman For Calling Trump ‘Grifter’
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A House hearing Tuesday descended into chaos when Chairman James Comer (R-KY) threatened to have Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) forcibly removed for calling President Donald Trump a “grifter.”
During his speaking time, Frost called Trump the “grifter-in-chief” and accused both him and Elon Musk of using their positions to “enrich themselves to the tune of billions of dollars.”
“So if we wanna look at waste, fraud, and abuse — which I’m down to do — why is there complete silence on the other side of the aisle about looking at the complete grifter that is the President of the United States,” Frost said, “and the richest man on the Earth, which is looking into things like social security and different things like that? Why don’t we investigate the real corruption?”
After a brief period of multiple committee members talking over one another, Comer restored order and asked Frost to “revise” his prior remarks. Comer also said Frost “improperly” identified Trump.
In response, Frost doubled down by calling the two men “President Musk” and “grifter-in-chief Trump.”
Again, this resulted in more cross-talking as other members of the committee — Comer included — took exception to Frost’s characterization of Trump and Musk.
Frost somewhat relented, calling Trump “President of the United States Donald Trump, who’s engaged in grifting of the American people.”
Frost was again interrupted as Comer said there was “pending motion for disparaging the president.” The Florida Democrat, however, continued to accuse Trump of grifting.
“I can say that Trump is grifting!” Frost said. “What I will withdraw is calling him ‘grifter-in-chief.’ That is what I will withdraw.”
Comer then ordered that the words be “stricken from the transcript” and barred Frost from speaking for the rest of the hearing.
When Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) was called on to speak, she attempted to come to Frost’s defense before her voice was immediately snuffed out by more shouting.
“Insulting people’s appearance, as well as trying to fight them, isn’t a problem,” Crockett said, “but we’re so sad that our little leader–”
Comer then yelled, “Skip her!”
“Go to the next one!” he added.
Later in the hearing, Frost was again given the opportunity to talk. He called it “despicable” that committee tried to “silence” him.
With his microphone cut off, Frost continued to speak as he gathered his belongings and started to leave the hearing.
“Mister ranking member, I am going to have the sergeant at arms remove him if he doesn’t refrain!” Comer said.
