Democrats decry House censure vote as ‘attempt to silence’ Jamaal Bowman

Republican-led resolution against Democrat who pulled fire alarm called a waste of time and another attack on person of colour

Democrats accused Republicans of wasting time and pursuing another attempt to silence a person of colour", after the New York progressive Jamaal Bowman was formally censured for pulling a fire alarm in a congressional office building.

This censure of Representative Bowman is yet another attempt to silence a person of colour in this chamber," the Michigan representative Rashida Tlaib said.