A Democrat U.S. congresswoman has been kicked out of a congressional committee hearing, according to reports.
The Washington Examiner is reporting that the lawmaker is Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA).
The incident took place during a hearing of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee.
The subcommittee operates under the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The subject of the hearing was U.S.-Cuba relations.
Something worth keeping in mind as we proceed is that Lee is not a member of the subcommittee.
A portion of the incident was caught on camera.
Rep. Lee posted the footage on social media in an obvious attempt to garner sympathy for her cause.
WATCH:
I was just kicked out of a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on Cuba policy because the Republican Chair didn’t like my views.
I’d share the livestream, but Republicans cut out the sound when I stood up to defend myself & call them out. pic.twitter.com/eqV1ymor9j
— Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) January 18, 2024
As you can gather from the video, Lee interrupted the hearing in order to advocate for the re-establishment of a relationship between Cuba and the United States.
However, U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), the subcommittee’s chairwoman, was having none of it.