Democrats’ anger boils over after GOP witnesses testify without taking questions

March 30, 2023 at 4:27 p.m. EDT

On March 30, Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) confronted Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) for letting hearing witness be dismissed without cross-examination. (Video: The Washington Post)

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Democratic lawmakers didn’t hold back their anger Thursday at a House hearing about social media and censorship when a pair of Republican witnesses delivered testimony and left without being questioned.

The shouting began after Sen. Eric Schmitt (R), the former attorney general of Missouri, and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) testified before the House Judiciary select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government about what they claimed was the Biden administration’s effort to censor conservative voices online. After the two spoke, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the subcommittee chairman, dismissed them.