On Tuesday, the congressional oversight committee held a heating on vaping.
Conservative witness Vicki Porter, who was there to speak on the fact that vaping helped her transition away from smoking cigarettes, winked at someone she knew, as a sort of “hello” or “wish me luck.”
Rashida Tlaib LOST. HER. CRAP.
.@RashidaTlaib attacks conservative vaping advocate Vicki Porter: “Are you a conspiracy theorist?” pic.twitter.com/Czf5cALRks
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 24, 2019
ARE YOU A CONSPIRACY THEORIST?!
IS THIS A CONSPIRACYYY?!
…wut?
According to Daily Wire:
Porter, a 51-year-old Wisconsin woman who quit smoking after 23 years with the help of vaping products, was invited by Republicans to speak at the hearing. Tlaib, disturbed by the witness’ apparently conservative personal politics, tried to discredit Porter through a bizarre “conspiracy” charge — even though it was President Donald Trump, a Republican, who recently pushed a flavored vaping ban.
“Ms. Porter, I was reading because I wanted to know more about you your beliefs and I respect that — we all have different beliefs,” started in the Democrat. “But you call yourself a ‘converted conservative’ and ‘reformed Marxist’? Are you a conspiracy theorist?”
“I think my politics are entirely irrelevant to this hearing,” Porter replied.
This is literally just about VAPING, Rashida. Stick to the point.
“Oh okay, why were you winking at one of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle? You winked,” Tlaib pressed.
Because I know Glenn Grothman,” Porter answered.
“So the winking —,” interrupted Tlaib.
“He introduced me. He’s a friend of mine,” said Porter.
Tlaib then amped up the the strange attack on the witness.
“Okay, [I] understand,” she said. “I didn’t know what the winking was, ’cause I thought maybe there was something, like a conspiracy thing going on there. I didn’t know.”
WTF WTF WTF WTF?!
Rashida Tlaib is clinically INSANE. This is NUTS.
Porter asked the congresswoman, “You think there’s a conspiracy in this hearing, ma’am?”
“No, no,” Tlaib, seemingly annoyed, answered. “People are speaking truth here, and you can provide information —.”
“May I address the truth?” asked Porter.
“Well the truth to you is very different for the majority of people in this room who do believe children are being targeted,” the Democrat told Porter.
“The truth for me is that I quit smoking with e-cigarettes and so did eight million other people,” the witness answered.
“You’re still smoking, ma’am. You’re still smoking,” Tlaib told Porter, smiling.
UUUUGH. I WANT TO SHAKE HER.
Literally EVERYTHING about Rashida makes my skin crawl.
Bonafide NUTJOB.