Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman maintained again on Monday that he pulled a fire alarm in Congress by mistake on his way to vote and dismissed criticism as 'preposterous.'
Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman spoke with reporters on Monday about the controversy surrounding his pulling of a fire alarm in Congress amid potential government shutdown chaos and reiterated his claim that his action was a simple mistake.
When asked if he fears any repercussions from his actions Bowman said,"Listen, I take responsibility for what I did, you know, but like I said, I was in a rush to go vote. And, you know, the investigation will sort everything else out." after pulling a fire alarm Saturday morning in one of the House of Representatives’ three office buildings amid the chaos of lawmakers scrambling to avert a government shutdown.
Bowman appeared to pull the alarm on Saturday as Republicans began voting on the stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown."This is the United States Congress. It's not a New York City public high school," Malliotakis told host Ainsley Earhardt Monday. "And of all people, Jamaal Bowman knows the old fire alarm trick because he was a high school principal. And quite frankly, when he was the high school principal, there were serious ramifications if a student were to do that..
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