VIDEO: Matt Gaetz Plays Audio Of Top Democrat Denying, Laughing At Border Crisis Question

July 12, 2019

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Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz played an audio clip of a top Democrat laughing at and denying the existence of a border crisis when a lawmaker called it “offensive” to claim the Democratic Party was in denial about the issue.

“The gentlelady from Texas in her prior claim of time said it was ‘offensive’ to assert that Democrats were in denial about the crisis on the border,” Gaetz began Thursday during a House Judiciary committee hearing involving the humanitarian emergency taking place at the southern border.

The article goes on to state the following:

“I would invite my Democratic colleagues to go to my official Twitter account where I have posted an interview from January 9, 2019, it was on CNN, not exactly a hostile network for you folks, and it’s, well, let me just play what the question was and it’s Jim Clyburn, the Democratic whip, answering the question,” the Florida Republican continued.

WATCH what happened when Gaetz held his phone up to the microphone and played the audio version right in the middle of the hearing. Scroll down to see the original posts on his Twitter account.

January 9th 2019:@CNN “Is there a crisis at the border? The President said there is a humanitarian crisis at the border? Is there?”@WhipClyburn: “Absolutely not”

**After months of denial, Dems finally admit @realDonaldTrump is right. There is a CRISIS on our southern border. pic.twitter.com/Hsg2N9Yg25

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) July 11, 2019

Dems, when they’re fed back their own words, from their own leadership, from earlier this year, they think it’s inappropriate!@WhipClyburn laughed at the crisis on our border. Thought it was funny. You know who doesn’t think it’s funny? The @realDonaldTrump administration. pic.twitter.com/LmC0WgIHsU

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) July 11, 2019

It wasn’t the Republicans that were in denial. Dems didn’t act when President @realDonaldTrump wanted Congress to provide funding to the border crisis.

Dems refused to acknowledge the crisis…UNTIL NOW. pic.twitter.com/2wkh0rwYAR

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) July 11, 2019

Matt Gaetz Plays Audio Of Top Democrat Denying, Laughing At Border Crisis Question https://t.co/dP0TGAF6Kl

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 12, 2019