 Okay, so I don't know how many people saw this Jaiapal says GOP lawmakers behavior towards CBC chair was assault I'll let you all decide so representative from middle of Jaiapal accused representative Hal Rogers of assaulting her colleague Representative Joyce Beatty who shared a public account of a tense interaction that occurred while the two were boarding a subway car on Capitol Hill's internal system this week in an interview with CNN on Wednesday Jaiapal the chairwoman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus told the network that what waters Absolutely considered assault in her view Indicating that she took issue with both what he did and what he said Beatty who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus Said she had politely asked Rogers to wear a mask So you love how every confrontation on Capitol Hill always starts with the recommendation to wear a mask and then immediately you see the screeching By these fucking mouth-breathing pant shitting Republicans who just can't be bothered to do the bare minimum To protect people around them during a global pandemic So she said that she asked Rogers to put on a mask as the two boarded the train on Tuesday on the way to the house vote Then she said things got heated. I mean of course I mean if I saw Marjorie Green and she was getting on a bus with me or some shit And she wasn't wearing a mask and I wanted her to I probably just wouldn't even ask because she'd fucking I don't know pull a Mike Tyson and bite my ear or some shit. She's crazy. These fucking Republicans are feral Okay, I don't trust them. They're psychopaths So I'd rather just have them fucking breathe on me then Confront them in any way shape or form because they're just so unhinged. You don't know how they're gonna act They're so unpredictable So He then poked my back demanding I get on the train Beatty wrote on Twitter when I asked him to not touch me. He responded kiss my ass folks These are grown adults. We're talking about here I'm pulling up the definition of assault To make a physical attack on but really anything physical I feel I can constitute assault unwanted touching right the definition of assault Varies by jurisdiction, but it's generally defined as intentionally putting another person in reasonable apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive Contact so I mean, I guess this is up to interpretation, right? but if you're poking someone's back in an intimidating manner after they confronted you about wearing a mask and Then when they say don't touch me you say kiss my ass, I mean These are babies we are talking about fucking babies, okay, so it seems like the consensus is it's not assault Um, but it is funny. I think that we can agree with that, right? Maybe it doesn't meet the definition of assault But the behavior here is truly childish. Did he jabber hard enough to bruise her? I'm assuming not right like, um It if he's like really like hey Move then you know certainly okay, that's that's assault But he was definitely being childish That was absolutely assault in my book to poke somebody and push them on the train and say what rep how Rogers said Okay, saying kiss my ass is not assault. This is where the lack of civility has come into them to the United States of Congress, okay? So it's funny. Rogers apologized to BD. I Jaya Paul remarked. I'm letting Congresswoman BD decide what to do in this situation She's accepting his public apology and that's what we need to do in this case So I don't know this is one thing that I was wondering BD decided what to do So does Jaya Paul think that perhaps pressing charges would be Acceptable, I don't know. Yeah, I don't like civility of politics too and when Jaya Paul says this it does make me like shudder but really, I mean What makes me angry is when I hear civility Politics and you know the need for decorum coming from Republicans When they're the ones who are the least civilized, right? They're the most hypocritical here We have Republicans basically like spitting on people in Congress and like shitting their pants And they're like we need to be civilized when they when they talk about the left and it's like go fuck yourself What are you talking about? You're the ones who are uncivil you're freaking out and screeching over somebody asking you to put on a mask And you're saying kiss my ass like can you just imagine? Well, who let me let me find hell Rogers I just want to visualize him saying kiss my ass. Wait, is there actually there is a video? Democrat George BD says that real quick before you watch the video. We have to determine was this assault worse than the assault that represented the Maxine Waters did to Michael Tracy because does anyone remember when Maxine Waters murdered Michael Tracy She went his hand was like this and she went like this and then he said that she pushed him and He died afterwards. It was so tragic. So is this assault worse? Look at how Rogers poked her in the back and told her quote kiss my ass after she asked him to wear a Mask before boarding the US Capitol subway system does it not he look he looks like somebody who would say that I don't even know what's happening the way be to describe what happened. She wrote it. Well, okay. I can't even tell it's happening Let's watch it again. I don't this Okay, I don't know The way be to describe what happened. She wrote today while heading to the house floor for votes I respectfully asked my colleague representative Hal Rogers to put on a mask while boarding the train He then poked my back demanding I get on the train when I asked him not to touch me He responded kiss my ass This is the kind of disrespect we've been fighting for years and indicative of the larger issue We have so still remember wanting health and safety mandates designed to keep us and our staff safe Joining us now is Joyce Beatty Democratic Congresswoman for a while So I'm just trying to I'm sure she'll explain it, but she's like, um, could you put on a fucking mask, please? And then he like gave her a dirty look. She turned around. He poked her in the back He's like go and then she she turned around She's like don't do that and he's like kiss my ass like I'm just trying to visualize this because that video gave us nothing And it's just making me laugh I went chair of the Congressional Black Caucus chairwoman. Thank you so much for being with us. What did that feel like in the moment? Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me on this morning, you know, it was insulting It angered me that he would have the nerve to poke me in my back That was bad enough and when I asked him not to touch me after asking him politely to put his mask on He then told me to kiss his Ass and with that, I've got to say listen, I do think that it probably doesn't rise to Assault, I mean if it is the case that he's really aggressively poking her sure you could say that's assault um but What was I gonna say? I was gonna make such a good point. You're all so unlucky right now. Well, is that gonna say goddamn it? I don't remember what I was okay. Let's continue watching it fuck Tim I would not be Disrespected that I was a colleague of his and I was a black woman. She got mortally pressure-pointed in the back He poked a hole right through her body His hand ran right through I'm so stupid And I wasn't gonna be bullied by him I actually told him he picked the wrong woman today because I was not going to be bullied standing up for Something that I thought was right because there was a mandated sign on the train That tells you if you ride you have to put your mask on I don't know if we'll agree on whether it was or wasn't assault, but definitely Keep your fucking hands to yourself. I think that everyone can agree with that So it's definitely at a minimum not cool that he poked her in the back But his childish response. I cannot get over his childish response. This is a member of Congress under for some 900,000 people who have died because of COVID so I was in my play Unwanted contact isn't good, but if there's one rule in life never go full Michael Tracy exactly exactly I think I kind of feel like Jaya Paul is going in the Tracy direction whereas BD is probably more grounded in reality She's of the mindset seemingly that don't fucking touch me and I would agree with that right if somebody poked my back I would be fucking furious. So she is justified to be angry I mean if she decked him after poking her in the back, I feel like she she would have been justified But I don't know if like legally speaking She could say oh, well he assaulted me with unwanted touching. So I punched him in the face I don't know that come in Minecraft, of course. Thank you gamer, of course Or Roblox and I have no tolerance for Bullying and I also believe in civility and that's why I think it's important for me to express that This is not acceptable. So he did apologize he wrote a Statement that said this afternoon. I met with Congresswoman BD to personally apologize My words were not acceptable and I express expressed my regret to her first and foremost Can you tell us what happened in that meeting? well, yes, what what happened was I had Gone to our leadership. I had also gone to the sergeant and arm Yeah, whenever they say I'm for civility that honestly triggers me irrationally. So perhaps but don't Don't endorse civility ever because this it's just always used against the left I mean, I don't know if she's a leftist. I don't really know anything about her politics to be clear But like don't shit your pants in public right being adult But the civility politics is so insufferable to me and I said I'm demanding an apology And so he did not come forth at first and our leadership Leaders Denny Hoyer went over wait. She endorsed Chantel Brown. I Have to side with representative Hal Rogers here You did this to yourself. You did this to yourself representative BD Okay, how dare you ask him to put on a mask after you endorse Chantel Brown She deserves the the poke in the back now. Okay in Roblox. Is that is that necessary? I Don't know. I don't know if we say poke in the back. Do we have to add the caveat in Roblox? I'm not sure. And so when he came to the floor to apologize Mind you without a mask on hang on back and it's representative BD Really, you think he's gonna wear a mask really? Of course, he's not gonna wear a mask She you know what she should have done when he approached her to apologize She should have put her head about you know it We put on a mask and then she could have restarted the entire confrontation again And this time he would have liked spit on her and then shit his pants and just start molding her. I'm mad Just like foaming at the mouth These Republicans are so goddamn feral doubt to touch my arm. I told him don't touch me and I move back Wait, wait, because he didn't have the confrontation. Oh, okay I need to stop positive it because she's already like ahead of me So as I'm talking about reigniting the confrontation it did happen apparently he tried to touch her Mind you without a mask on I Stepped back and as he reached out to touch my arm I told him don't touch me and I moved back Because he didn't have a mask And so with that he mumbled some words and I told leadership. It wasn't acceptable Apology If you insult a high-profile you have to do a high-profile Apology so I demanded a public apology and that is when he publicly Apologized and I accepted his public apology Apology and I'm moving on but I won't stop standing up for what I believe in and if you ride the train Then the message is you put a mask on or you walk How amazing is that they have this huge confrontation and then he goes to apologize And then he's still an asshole. What the fuck is wrong with Republicans? They are psychos I gotta I gotta listen to her explain that again And so when he came to the floor to apologize mind you without a mask on I just I stepped back And as he reached out to touch my arm I told him don't touch me and I moved back Because he didn't have a mask on and so with that Okay, somebody has to talk to representative Hal Rogers About personal space Stop touching people. It doesn't matter if you're touching them nicely or aggressively Just keep your disgusting stinky hands to yourself. Look at this. Look at this. This is definitely somebody Who does not wash his hands? We can actually examine his hands Mm-hmm. Yep Yep, definitely unclean hands unclean gross Stinky Mm-hmm. Yeah. Yeah, you can just tell disgusting hands. I don't blame her He mumbled some words and I told leadership. It wasn't acceptable. I wanted a public Apology and his speaker Pelosi said if you insult a high profile, you have to do a high profile Apology, why do you have to invoke speaker Pelosi? Well speaker Pelosi Speaker Pelosi said that if you do a high profile bad thing you have to do a high profile But who cares what Nancy Pelosi says? Oh my god Democrats are so insufferable Even when I agree with her and I would probably do the same thing react in the same way if somebody approached me without a mask Like they still find some way to make it insufferable. In fact now that she brings this up I so actually a fucking one was this this was after the first wave of vaccinations when I was able to get Vaccinated and I was really a lot more confident to go out in public and this dude came up to me in the store And he was really nice. He's like yo, I need to see your tattoos. They look really cool And you know, of course, I I agree. They're they're dope as fuck so I'm like thinking he's gonna examine it from a distance and he is like really close to me he gets super close to me to look at my tattoos and He's not reading the social cues very well because as he's leaning in I'm going like this Because you don't have a mask on and I do and this is a pandemic and even if I'm vaccinated I mean, we're all a little bit traumatized after dealing with COVID-19. So give me some space and It's uncomfortable. So I know what she's dealing with now That story of me in the store ended in a very awkward way Because you know, we were having a little bit of a conversation for like 30 seconds And you know, I was talking about my tattoos and he was showing me his tattoos and stuff And then out of the blue after like invading my personal space without a mask He reaches out to shake my hand and I'm like, what the fuck? I don't want to touch your disgusting hand Now I should not disclose this about myself, but ever since I was a child. I've had um, the same fear as howie mendel I don't like to shake people's hands I don't think that my fear of hand shaking is as bad and severe as howie mendels But um in church, for example, there'd be this little section where you have to turn around and shake everyone's hands And 12 year old me hated this I would sink into my seat I don't I don't like shaking people's hands because people are just disgusting. I'm sorry Like you're gross. You scratch your balls. You fucking piss. You probably take a shit wipe your ass Don't wash your hands. I don't trust people. So I like don't touch me. Don't try to shake my hand I'm sorry. We need to undo that social social thing. But either way this person tried to shake my hand And I straight up was like, I'm so sorry. I can't shake your hand That's and then he's like, okay, I understand. He's actually really nice about it. But it's like, okay That's two violations motherfucker. You walk up to me without a mask get all up in my shit And then you fucking try to shake my hand Um, no, no, I'm I'm already pissed off. I'm about to go Karen here I'm about to go Karen I'm about to get the fucking manager and tell you to kick this motherfucker out. I'm kidding. I'm kidding. But a long story short I I totally empathize with her, right? Especially during a pandemic like personal space is so important and this motherfucker Represented how rogers is still trying to touch her. He just doesn't get it. Republicans are so stupid Goddamn