周三，众议院陷入停顿，原因是议员们对批评唐纳德·特朗普以及他的法律纠纷。
由于共和党人要求众议院规则委员会主席、民主党众议员吉姆·麦戈文的话从国会记录中删除，立法工作暂停了一个小时。
麦戈文的声明集中在针对特朗普的四起刑事案件上。这位前总统否认有任何不当行为，并对所有指控拒不认罪。特朗普及其盟友将这些起诉视为出于政治动机的努力，以阻止他参加2024年的竞选活动。
共和党众议员杰里·卡尔主持了辩论，并最终宣读了一项裁决，从记录中删除了麦戈文的评论。卡尔称这些言论是“攻击性的言论”，指责总统办公室的推定提名人从事非法活动。
他在做出裁决时表示:“尽管辩论中的言论可能包括批评此类候选人作为候选人的官方立场，但以人身攻击性的措辞提及候选人是违反秩序的，无论是通过实际指控还是仅仅是侮辱。”。
取消麦戈文言论的举动并非没有先例。2019年，众议院民主党人提出的特朗普是种族主义者的批评被从记录中删除。当时，众议院主席表示，该演讲违反了禁止在议会上对总统进行人身攻击的规定。
以下是周三发生的关于麦戈文的交流。
众议员麦戈文:“唐纳德·特朗普可能想当国王。但他不是国王。他不是假定的国王。他甚至不是总统。他是假定的被提名人。我知道你在努力做好自己的工作并遵循先例，但坦率地说，在某个时候，这个机构应该认识到这种情况是没有先例的。我们有一个推定的总统候选人面临88项重罪指控，我们甚至被阻止承认这一点。这些不是可替代的事实。有真实的事实。一名美国总统候选人因在2016年竞选期间向一名色情明星支付封口费款项以避免性丑闻，然后违反法律欺诈性地掩盖这些款项而受到审判。他还被指控阴谋推翻选举。他还被指控窃取机密信息。陪审团已经认定他在民事法庭上犯有强奸罪。然而，在这个共和党控制的众议院，谈论审判是可以的，但你必须称之为骗局。”
共和党众议员艾琳·胡钦:“我们记下他的话。”
众议员麦戈文:“可以说陪审团受到了操纵，但特朗普不应该为此负责。”
众议员胡钦:“议长先生，我要求把他的话记下来。”
众议员麦戈文:“可以说法院腐败，但不能说特朗普腐败法治。”
House grinds to a standstill due to quarrel over remarks about Trump's legal woes
The House of Representatives came to standstill on Wednesday as lawmakers quibbled about criticism ofDonald Trumpand his legal woes.
Legislative business was paused on the floor for an hour as Republicans demanded the words of Rep. Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, be taken down from the Congressional Record.
McGovern's statements were focused on the four criminal cases against Trump. The former president denies any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to all charges. Trump and his allies have cast the indictments as politically-motivated efforts to keep him off the 2024 campaign trail.
Republican Rep. Jerry Carl was presiding over debate and ultimately read a ruling that struck McGovern's comments from the record. Carl called the remarks "offensive words" that "accused the presumed nominee of the office of the president in engaging in illegal activities."
"Although remarks in debate may include criticism of such candidates' official positions as a candidate, it is a breach of order to refer to the candidate in terms personally offensive, whether by actually accusing or by merely insulting," he said as he made his ruling.
The move to strike McGovern's words is not without precedent. In 2019, criticism from House Democrats suggesting Trump was a racist were stripped from the record. At the time, the House chair said the speech violated rules forbidding personal attacks on the floor against the president.
The following is the exchange involving McGovern that transpired on Wednesday.
Rep. McGovern:"Donald Trump might want to be a king. But he is not a king. He is not a presumptive king. He's not even a president. He's a presumptive nominee. And I know you're trying to do your job and follow precedent but, frankly, at some point it's time for this body to recognize that there is no precedent for this situation. We have a presumptive nominee for president facing 88 felony counts and we are being prevented from even acknowledging it. These are not alternative facts. There are real facts. A candidate for president of the United States is on trial for sending a hush money payment to a porn star to avoid a sex scandal during his 2016 campaign, and then fraudulently disguising those payments in violation of the law. He is also charged with conspiring to overturn the election. He is also charged with stealing classified information. And a jury has already found him liable for rape in a civil court. And yet, in this Republican-controlled House, it's okay to talk about the trial but you have to call it a sham."
Republican Rep. Erin Houchin:"We take down his words."
Rep. McGovern:"It's okay to say the jury is rigged, but not that Trump should be held accountable."
Rep. Houchin:"Mr. Speaker, I demand that his words be taken down."
Rep. McGovern:"It's okay to say the court is corrupt, but not Trump corrupting the rule of law."
