But if it was me, they would have put me in handcuffs. And it's not lawful. Let me be clear. You can't. You can't do that to members of Congress. You can't arrest us as we're on the floor. We've got this speech and debate clause that protects us. You can't arrest us leaving or going to the chamber. Like, so there's rules. But I know that they don't care about the rules. Right. And so Al Green is an older. (05:47–05:53)
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