'Mr. Van Drew, I Know You Think That's Wrong': Eric Swalwell Cracks Up Committee Chiding GOP Congressman

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At Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) joked that Rep. Jeff Van Drew's (R-NJ) "silence" meant he agreed with Democrats on a host of issues.

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00:00Five minutes. Mr. Chairman, I'm thrilled to see that Mr. Van Drew is here because I think he is

00:07one of the honest debaters on your side who is engaged with us on a lot of spirited debates.

00:13And so I wanted to ask Mr. Van Drew because earlier he did not speak when we put an amendment

00:19forward that said you can't deport an American citizen and you guys voted to allow it. Mr. Van

00:25Drew, I know you think that's wrong. And if you want to be silent, I'm going to take your silence as you

00:31agreeing with me that that's wrong. Okay. So Mr. Van Drew is silent. I'm going to check it off that he

00:41agrees that deporting U.S. citizens is wrong. The chair will note that the gentleman did respond.

00:47I yield to you, Mr. Van Drew. Go ahead. The gentleman did not seek recognition. Okay. So Mr. Van Drew,

00:52we also discussed and had an amendment that said firing veterans is wrong and you shouldn't do

00:59that. And you didn't speak up then. And I'm going to take your silence now as you agree firing veterans

01:04is wrong. So I'm going to put a check next to Mr. Van Drew being with us on that. We just talked about

01:10January 6 rioters not joining the Department of Homeland Security. And Mr. Van Drew, you're a good

01:16person. You're a dentist in your community. You stand with law enforcement. So you have not

01:22spoken up. So I'm going to take your silence to mean you agree with us that we should not hire

01:26January 6 rioters in the Department of Homeland Security. And Mr. Van Drew, we also said that it's

01:32probably wrong to deport a four-year-old with cancer who's a U.S. citizen. And you didn't say

01:37anything. But again, I think you're a good person. So I'm going to take your silence to mean, Mr.

01:43Van Drew, that you agree with us that that is also wrong. And I'd yield to anyone else

01:48who has questions for Mr. Van Drew. I yield back. The gentleman yields.

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