The Only Republican Who Voted for the Police Reform Bill Said it Was an Accident
GOP Rep. Lance Gooden (Texas), the only Republican representative to vote for the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,” reportedly said in a now-deleted post on Twitter that he had pressed the wrong button by accident.
“I accidentally pressed the wrong voting button and realized it too late,” Gooden wrote in the tweet, according to The Washington Post. “I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition to the partisan George Floyd Policing Act.”
The measure would outlaw chokeholds, seek to end religious and racial profiling, and bar certain no-knock warrants among other police policy changes.
“I have arguably the most conservative/America First voting record in Congress!” Gooden said in another tweet.
“Of course I wouldn’t support the radical left’s, Anti-Police Act,” he added. “I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition!”
