The House Judiciary Committee broke into a tense debate over a rule to recite the pledge of allegiance at meetings, before it ultimately passed without opposition.
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Gaetz countered by saying that if Cicilline's definition of"insurrection" is someone who objected to electors,"then there would be many Democrats on the committee that wouldn't be eligible to lead the pledge," noting that the last Republican to be sworn in as president without objection to electors was President George H.W. Bush.
Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., later noted that because insurrection is a crime, no one guilty of it can serve in the House anyway. He accused Cicilline of, rather than leaving such matters to the courts, wanting to be"judge, jury, and executioner." "How can we waste time arguing about this?" he added later on."Why the heck can't we just stand up and say we love our country and we love our flag? And if we do this more than once a day is that okay? I think it's okay."precedent dealing with public schools that says officials cannot force citizens to say the pledge. Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, noted that no one would be forced to say anything under the amendment.
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