“My friend and colleague Colin Allred, who used to be an NFL linebacker for the Tennessee Titans, stood up and blocked the path of (Harris) who was coming over our way and the guy backed down - which was probably a smart move on his part.” Andy Harris, R-Md., and Colin Allred, D-Texas, got into a shouting match after Harris starting moving toward Lamb. That part (of the speech) was mostly from the heart.”ĭuring Lamb’s remarks, Rep. “Our Capitol was attacked yesterday, and that was what I was still feeling and what I’m still feeling right now. “But I just couldn’t shake the fact that I thought it would be dishonest of me not to do it, and the stakes were so high after we saw what happened. “I didn’t want to say that they were lying,” Lamb said. Lamb said it was a hard thing for him to do. “I couldn’t be honest without saying to them that we all knew it was about something much deeper and darker. “Then when the invasion of the Capitol happened and these (House Republicans) decided to still continue their objections after that, that was the point where I just didn’t think it was about the evidence anymore,” Lamb said. “We were preparing to deal with these objections to Pennsylvania’s electoral votes before the Capitol was invaded, and I planned to just come in there and play the prosecutor like I knew how to be,” Lamb said. In an interview with the Tribune-Review on Thursday, Lamb said he had prepared an entirely different speech, but Wednesday afternoon’s violence changed that. It hurts them, it hurts this country, it hurts all of us.” Morgan Griffith of Virginia then asked to have Lamb’s remarks stricken from the record, to which Lamb responded “The truth hurts, it hurts. And the members who are repeating those lies should be ashamed of themselves their constituents should be ashamed of them.” Lamb went on to say the attack “was inspired by lies - the same lies you’re hearing in this room tonight. A woman died out there tonight, and you’re making these objections,” Lamb said, referring to the attack on the Capitol that took place Wednesday. “These objections don’t deserve an ounce of respect, not an ounce. Lebanon, reacted with indignation to some Republicans’ objections to the certification of the presidential vote in Pennsylvania. House members.īut Lamb’s “the truth hurts” speech early Thursday caused a stir on the House floor, with some Republican congressmen rushing toward the Democrats in a pique of anger.Lamb, a Democrat from Mt. Conor Lamb had originally planned to say to his fellow U.S.
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