But Bowman claimed he thought pulling the alarm would open the door. So he's lying, can't read or is well downright stupid. I think he's both lying, and downright Stupid. But these are the only options. OR a combination like the one I've made. He said that “Today, as I was rushing to make a vote, I came to a door that is usually open for votes but today would not open,” Bowman said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I am embarrassed to admit that I activated the fire alarm, mistakenly thinking it would open the door. I regret this and sincerely apologize for any confusion this caused.”
Many lawmakers and political observers weren’t buying it with a growing chorus of Republicans on Sunday accusing Bowman of pulling the alarm as a tactic to delay the House vote on a GOP stopgap spending bill. “This is not confusing at all,” former Michigan Republican congressman Justin Amash wrote on X. “There’s a push bar on the door below the sign. Members of Congress see these signs all the time and know exactly what they mean.
“I can’t even imagine thinking it has something to do with a fire alarm pull on the wall,” Amash added. “Stop excusing his recklessness.” The wild fire-alarm incident, which triggered an evacuation of the Cannon Building at around noon Saturday, took place as Democrats were scrambling over the GOP’s last-minute offer to avert a government shutdown.
Some Bowman critics, including former President Donald Trump, said he should be arrested and charged for allegedly trying to obstruct an official government proceeding. “Will Congressman [Jamaal] Bowman be prosecuted and imprisoned for very dangerously pulling and setting off the main fire alarm system in order to stop a Congressional vote that was going on in D.C.,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) conveyed a similar sentiment also bringing up the defendants charged with trying to stop the certification of President Biden’s 2020 election victory during the rioting at the US Capitol when calling out Bowman.
Obstructing an official government proceeding is illegal under federal law punishable by fines and “not more than 20 years.” Bowman on Saturday insisted to reporters that he wasn’t trying to stall anything – and just goofed. “I was rushing to make a vote. I was trying to get through the door,” he said. “I thought the alarm would open the door. I didn’t mean to cause confusion.
"I want to be very clear, this was not me, in any way, trying to delay the vote,” he added. “It was the exact opposite — I was trying urgently to get to a vote, which I ultimately did.” Capitol Police said they were probing the incident, and on Saturday released a still image of Bowman pulling the alarm.
The Republican-controlled House Administration Committee has also launched an investigation.
Why does it seem like they have bad blood? Well it's because they do... Check out how much of an A-HOLE Bowman is.
Jamaal Bowman is a racist, race baiting moron and MTG busted him, and this is why there is bad blood between them. This guy belongs in prison. People who pull this racist crap, and are always crying like this dirt bag Bowman need to be thrown in prison for life with his facist, socialist, communist clown show behavior.