Overview

• Rep. Rashida Tlaib described the Trump administration’s actions in Washington, D.C., as a “fascist takeover” during a House Oversight hearing.
• Rep. Byron Donalds objected, asking, “Do I look like a member of the Third Reich to you?” as the exchange escalated into a shouting match.
• Chairman James Comer told Tlaib her time had expired and moved to restore order as she continued speaking and chanted “Free DC!”
• The session examined federal intervention in D.C., including National Guard deployment and control of local policing, with testimony from Mayor Muriel Bowser and other city officials.
• Tlaib accused Donalds of a past “ghost voting” incident, and Donalds later posted on X condemning her rhetoric and linking it to the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk.