House Speaker Mike Johnson was heckled by Democrats calling out his “lies” during a raucous press conference in the Capital on Thursday. Johnson was being asked whether California senator Alex Padilla should face consequences for gatecrashing a media appearance by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when it all kicked off. Johnson told reporters, “I think that that behavior at a minimum rises to the level of a censure. We’re not going to have branches fighting physically.” As he continued and labelled Padilla’s behavior “wildly inappropriate... you don’t charge a sitting cabinet secretary”, Californian Democrat senator Sam Liccardo walked behind Johnson and shouted, “Mike, that’s absurd,” The Hill reports. New York Congressman Dan Goldman yelled, “why don’t you stand up for Congress?” Another Democrat was heard shouting “that’s a lie!” and “lies!” A flustered Johnson tried to compose himself as the shouting continued, noting “you can see it’s a heated debate.” When asked by a journalist to comment on the heckling, Johnson said, “I’m not gonna respond to that... I think the American people can draw their own conclusions... they saw a senator acting... er, wildly inappropriate I’ll leave it at that.”
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