He was not involved in the initial confrontation and at no point did he near physical violence. 'After seeing a disagreement between Members verge on physical confrontation, Congressman Allred approached his colleagues on both sides of the aisle with the hopes of diffusing the situation and bringing down tensions. Īllred's office released the following statement about the events: Allred stepped in only to ease tensions at the end of a difficult day,' said Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01). 'Nothing physical ever happened, or was going to happen.

Allred was not involved in the initial interaction between Members and can be heard on C-SPAN footage of the House floor urging his colleagues to reconsider their actions. Fight nearly breaks out between Dem TX Rep Colin Allred & GOP MD Rep Andy Harris in rear of the chamber as House debates PA slate of electors. – Today, Congressman Andy Harris (MD-01) released a statement clarifying that Congressman Allred (TX-32) stepped in to diffuse a tense situation between his colleagues on the House floor early this morning. There was nothing treasonous or seditious about it in 2017, nor this year.Washington, D.C. Congress is afforded the right to count, and object, to electoral votes, which we utilized yesterday to highlight concerns we had regarding the November election. Some of my colleagues, including those still in the Maryland delegation, offered objections in 2017 when counting the electoral votes for President Trump. Joe Biden will be President on January 20th. We did not call for the overthrowing of an election. My colleagues and I held legitimate Constitutional concerns about how the November election was conducted in certain states and felt compelled to highlight those concerns during the formal vote count. Today, some Marylanders are even calling for my resignation, which I will not do. Democrats are calling for unity, yet also calling for the expulsion of Members who objected in yesterday's Electoral College count. 'I have routinely and consistently rejected violent protests, whether in the case of yesterday, or last summer. He released a statement Thursday addressing calls for his resignation- something he says he will not do. Harris has represented Maryland's 1st district since 2011. 'If there is nothing to hide, why not allow thorough transparent investigations? Who would be against that? I hope that's answered in tomorrow's debate.' 'I am shocked that judges have not ordered investigations when legitimate concerns have been raised in lawsuits,' his statement said in part. Both have declined the involvement in a possible physical altercation with one another. This article has been updated to include statements released by Rep. On Tuesday, he said he was objecting to the counting of electoral votes from certain states where there are 'lingering, serious and uninvestigated concerns with how elections in these states were conducted in November.' The altercation was avoided after almost a dozen lawmakers stepped up to deescalate the nearly violent situation. Harris joined the small group of GOP lawmakers in objecting to Biden's victory Wednesday.

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