A female Democratic lawmaker accused Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., of “mansplaining” legislation to her after he referred to her as the naive “young lady from Washington” during a Judiciary Committee hearing.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., called out Issa on Twitter on Wednesday following the dispute over the Agricultural Guestworker Act of 2017, which would allow farmers to hire experienced foreign workers when Americans aren’t available.
“Thank goodness we have so many men in Congress to mansplain our naivete. Here’s to you, @DarrellIssa,” the congresswoman tweeted, sharing a video of the exchange.
Thank goodness we have so many men in Congress to mansplain our naiveté. Here’s to you, @DarrellIssa. pic.twitter.com/sr7N3sWcsy
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) October 25, 2017
“Amendments have consequences, and what I find a little bit frightening about this amendment is the naivete of the young lady from Washington and I know she is a new member,” Issa began, before expounding upon the legislation.
“If that is naive, as my distinguished colleague from California suggests, then perhaps we should all go back to being naive and actually fight for our constituents,” Jayapal said as part of her response.
