Bowman denied pulling the alarm as a political stunt and said he activated it 'mistakenly thinking it would open the door.'
, a Colorado Democrat, who was demanding a commitment of aid to Ukraine, which the measure did not include."I want to be very clear, this was not me, in any way, trying to delay any vote," the New York Democrat said in the online statement."It was the exact opposite - I was trying urgently to get to a vote, which I ultimately did and joined my colleagues in a bipartisan effort to keep our government open.
"The building was evacuated while USCP officers checked the building," according to the USCP statement."The building was reopened after it was determined that there was not a threat. An investigation into what happened and why continues." The incident sparked a wave of outrage on social media from Bowman's Republican colleagues, who believed the alarm pull was the Democrat's tactic to delay the House vote. Several of his GOP critics alleged on X, formerly, that pulling the alarm constitutes the crime of disrupting an official proceeding and that he should face consequences.
McCarthy told reporters on Saturday afternoon that be believed Bowman's actions warranted an investigation by the House Ethics Committee. "We watched how people have been treated if they've done something wrong in this Capitol. It will be interesting to see how he was treated, on what he was trying to obstruct when it came to the American public," the House speaker said.
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