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Hey ladies and gentlemen this is Carmine Zabia for Explain America and we have breaking news
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out of the House of Representatives where Representative Jamal Bowman who pulled that
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fire alarm during a vote, well he just learned his fate. Before we get started please make sure you
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like, comment, share, and subscribe. Those little things really help us out and they help our
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channel continue to grow. So Bowman is sitting there in you know in the in the House today and
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he's going to learn his punishment and there's a vote taking place about his punishment and you
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got to know he didn't like this at all. And he's now become the third Democrat that this particular
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Congress has given this same punishment to. Bowman, I have an issue with this punishment
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and I'm going to tell you about it after you watch this clip. Let's take a look. Hey guys and
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thank you very much. We're going to begin with a Fox News alert. Actions have consequences
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That is true, believe it or not. The House just passed a resolution to censure squad member Jamal
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Bowman for pulling a Capitol building fire alarm back in September. It forced an evacuation of the
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building. It also created quite the chaos as Congress rushed to head off a government shutdown
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The New York Democrat is now the 28th lawmaker ever censured in history. You are watching the
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Foxner Focus. I'm Julie Banderas in for Harris today. So it was all caught on video. I would
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imagine that would why would be why he pled guilty because he got caught. Bowman, a former
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middle school principal, says he was simply trying to open a door clearly marked as off limits. He
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pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge and he also paid a $1,000 fine. That's the max fine on that
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Bowman continues to deny, though, that he was trying to delay the spending bill vote. Jim
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Jordan, confident the censure motion would pass. I think it's sort of maybe more broader, more
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emblematic of just how crazy things have gotten here in the Biden. I mean, you got you got a
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Department of Justice that says parents are terrorists. You got an FBI that says if you're
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Catholic, you're extremist. And you got members of Congress pulling a firearm to disrupt a vote
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on the House floor, for goodness sake. All right. So they voted and it passed. So now that he's
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been censured, he now joins fellow Democrats Adam Schiff and Rashida Tlaib, both censured earlier
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this year. Now, his public rebuke would come just days after the House gave Republican George
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Santos the boot. His expulsion, however, narrowing the GOP's slim majority. It's going to shrink even
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more in January when former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy departs. He announced his resignation
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plan yesterday. House Republicans will only be able to lose three votes and still pass a bill
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once McCarthy steps down. More departures are also looming with members saying that they are
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just simply fed up with all the chaos. And these are all the names of people not seeking reelection
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More than 40 lawmakers, in fact, in total, saying that they're not going to seek reelection
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Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergrim with more on how the Bowman drama is playing out
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Well, that was a quick one. He is censured. Explain to our viewers exactly what censure
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means. I know it's, you know, the most serious, just short of expulsion. But really, it's a slap
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on the wrist because he still has his job. He doesn't get kicked out. You know, being censured
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is a massive deal. And I think that it was, you know, it was good of the Republicans to do it
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But I also think you have to keep in mind, you know, George Santos was kicked out
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And Republicans, all they do is censure people, which is basically a slap on the wrist and telling
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them, no, no, no, don't do it again. On the other hand, had they kicked him out, he comes back
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He's going to get reelected in his community. And now he's a martyr. Now he's got more power
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He's got more say. He's got a higher profile. So all in all, they probably made the correct
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decision here. But I want to know what you guys think. So let me know in the comments. Also, please remember to like and share because it does really help us out
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And of course, subscribe. I'm Carmine Sabia. This is Explain America. We love you guys
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God bless you. Take care, everybody
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