The visuals on news channels were of about two dozen members of Congress walking into a nondescript room. In fact, it was part of an unusual House Republican protest, an orchestrated effort to make…
. Republican members of those committees are in the room during testimony, but non-members are prohibited. signaled the plans to occupy the space on Wednesday morning and tweeted out a link to a Facebook livestream.
Taylor’s testimony might have been the most significant twist yet in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry, which has taken place outside the view of cameras. That’s why the GOP protest at the very least succeeded in drawing attention, as it provided news outlets with some new visuals beyond that of short statements from lawmakers or fleeting shots of witnesses entering and exiting.
Because some members brought in their own electronic devices, Swalwell said that the space will have to go through another security sweep.One of the participants in the protest was Rep. Alex Mooney , whose Twitter account included audio of a call he made from a secure phone in the hearing room. He said that he did give up his cell phone.
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