Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) was booed Wednesday after she accused Democrats of drinking alcohol on the House floor amid the running votes for House Speaker.
“They want us to fight each other — that much is made clear by the popcorn and blankets and alcohol that get there,” Cammack chuckled as she spoke in favor of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who has been unable to get enough support for the job.
Democrats objected on the floor, angrily shouting that Cammack’s words should be expunged from House public records. But since the chamber has not elected a speaker, it has been unable to pass a set of rules that would allow the formal procedure to strike comments from the public record.
Cammack continued her speech after several moments of loud boos from the Democratic side of the aisle. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) later responded to Cammack with a joke of her own Twitter: “If only! If Dems took a shot every time McCarthy lost a Republican, we’d all be unconscious by now.”
It’s not unheard of for members of Congress to choke between painfully long strings of votes. For example, members of the senate are known to frequent a bar in the senate dining room from time to time.
Democrats watched almost gleefully as the chaos unfolded in the House this week. Some took out bags of popcorn to munch on as they made their way to the floor. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) shared a photo on Twitter:
