House Democrat kicked out of committee hearing she crashed for sharing ‘communist propaganda’
By
Eden Villalovas
January 19, 2024 8:59 am
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) kicked Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) out of a House committee hearing about relations between the United States and Cuba, accusing the California Democrat of spreading “communist propaganda.”
On Thursday, Lee attended a hearing of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which she is not a member of, and tried to speak on restoring ties between the two countries. Salazar, a former journalist, has pushed for Cuba to stay on America’s list of countries sponsoring terrorism, citing the regime being repeatedly flagged for human rights violations.
“I was just kicked out of a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on Cuba policy because the Republican Chair didn’t like my views,” Lee posted on X. “I’d share the livestream, but Republicans cut out the sound when I stood up to defend myself & call them out.”
Salazar wrote on X that she was within her rights to throw out Lee, accusing the House Democrat of spreading “communist propaganda.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2805843/house-democrat-kicked-out-committee-hearing-communist-propaganda/
