Stacey Plaskett (D), a non-voting Delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the House of Representatives, exploded on the House floor on Friday when she was informed that she could not vote for Speaker of the House because she represents a U.S. territory — not a U.S. state.
Plaskett disrupted the vote because she claimed to have a “parliamentary inquiry.”
“I note that the names of the representatives from the Americas, Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, were not called, representing collectively 4 million Americans,” she said.
Other members interrupted her, leading her to seemingly acknowledging that her parliamentary inquiry was a stunt.
“Have some respect. It’s not going to take–” she responded to the other House members.
“I asked why they were not called from the parliamentarian, please,” she said.
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