Jamaal Bowman apologized after mistakenly pulling a fire alarm at a congressional office building. Republicans' reactions have been a little over the top.
Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images fileFor those following developments on Capitol Hill on Saturday, as lawmakers scrambled to prevent a government shutdown, an unexpected controversy unfolded and quickly made the rounds. It related, oddly enough, to a fire alarm.
But it wasn’t long before that initial version of events collapsed, and the story started to evolve. The Associated PressDemocratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman acknowledged triggering a fire alarm Saturday in one of the U.S. Capitol office buildings as lawmakers scrambled to pass a bill to fund the government before the midnight shutdown deadline.
“I am embarrassed to admit that I activated the fire alarm, mistakenly thinking it would open the door. I regret this and sincerely apologize for any confusion this caused,” the New York Democrat said. “But I want to be very clear: this was not me, in any way, trying to delay any vote. It was the exact opposite — I was trying urgently to get to a vote.”
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