The congressman who represents Kayla Mueller’s parents plans to introduce a resolution censuring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for ripping apart President Trump’s State of the Union address.
“In response to her classless outburst, I’ve decided to introduce a resolution to censure & condemn Speaker Pelosi,” GOP Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted Wednesday. “In a new low, she violated the Code of Official Conduct requiring Members ‘behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.'”
In response to her classless outburst, I’ve decided to introduce a resolution to censure & condemn Speaker Pelosi.
In a new low, she violated the Code of Official Conduct requiring Members “behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House.” pic.twitter.com/gvf6KWNpSM
— Rep. Paul Gosar, DDS (@RepGosar) February 5, 2020
Pelosi tore apart the copy of the president’s State of the Union address after he finished on Tuesday. “He shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech,” she said.
“It is my honor to represent Arizona’s fourth district, which includes the family of Kayla Mueller,” Gosar told the Washington Examiner. “Speaker Pelosi’s petty outburst wasn’t cute or funny, it was a disgusting display of hatred and unbecoming of her office. Speaker Pelosi has proven she doesn’t deserve the speaker’s gavel. She didn’t just rip up a few pieces of paper, she ripped up one of the last Tuskegee Airmen, a child who survived birth at 21 weeks, the mourning Mueller family, and a soldier’s homecoming.”
[Related: WATCH: Pelosi appears to preemptively tear Trump speech while Rush Limbaugh awarded Medal of Freedom]
Gosar is the congressman representing Carl and Marsha Mueller, who were guests of the president during the State of the Union. Jody Jones, another guest, whose brother was killed by an illegal immigrant, called Pelosi’s act “probably the most disrespectful thing I have ever seen in my life.”
Trump singled out the Muellers during his speech to recognize their daughter, Kayla, who was murdered at 26 by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi.
“After more than 500 horrifying days of captivity, al Baghdadi murdered young, beautiful Kayla,” Trump said. Explaining how Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, named the raid that killed Baghdadi based on Kayla Mueller’s birthday, Trump said, “Carl and Marsha, America’s warriors, never forgot Kayla, and neither will we.”
Kayla Mueller “found God in suffering,” the president said.
[Also read: ‘He did the right thing’: Father of Kayla Mueller defends Trump for hiding Baghdadi raid from Congress]
In July, Democratic Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver abandoned the chair during a vote on a similar resolution to condemn Trump for tweets urging freshman congresswomen to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Cleaver walked off the podium in a display of frustration after condemning members of both parties for violating the rules of decorum. The House chaplain exorcised the chamber two days later.
