Another heated altercation erupted in the halls of Congress on Friday afternoon after an aide to QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) made a comment to Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), prompting the California Democrat to fire right back with an expletive, According to a tweet from the Hill’s Scott Wong.
“Another verbal altercation just happened in the House: MTG’s spokesman Nick Dyer told @RepSwalwell: ‘Biden says you can take off your mask’ Swalwell confronted Dyer, got in his face and according to Dyer, said: ‘You don’t tell me what to f*cking do!'” Wong tweeted.
The confrontation came a day after Greene harassed Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
Wong admitted that he didn’t hear Swalwell’s response, however Swalwell quickly tweeted, “I had a mask on as I stepped off the Floor. An aide with @mtgreenee yelled at me to take my mask off. No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn’t more explicit.”
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Greene then accused Swalwell of chasing the aide in question. “Eric Swalwell chased my staffer into the Captiol [sic], cornered him and exploded in anger inches from his face,” the congresswoman claimed.
You can see the tweets below:
I had a mask on as I stepped off the Floor. An aide with @mtgreenee yelled at me to take my mask off. No one should be bullied for wearing a mask. So I told the bully what I thought of his order. Predictably, he went speechless. I regret I wasn’t more explicit. https://t.co/o8j0DXWOBm
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) May 14, 2021
Stop lying, Jamie.
Eric Swalwell chased my staffer into the Captiol, cornered him and exploded in anger inches from his face.
This occurred in front of Capitol Police and reporters. https://t.co/FKFJOSbSaM
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) May 14, 2021
