Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost said Oliver was arrested 'for speaking out at a committee hearing…He didn’t deserve this. The Republican Chair of this committee just called him a narcissist. Disgraceful.'
WASHINGTON – Manuel Oliver, father of a teenager who was killed in a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, in 2018, was arrestedThe arrest came around noon after Oliver and his wife, Patricia Oliver, shouted at lawmakers and disrupted the hearing.he was pinned to the floor and restrained.
Frost was referring to Texas Republican Rep. Pat Fallon, subcommittee chair for Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs.'You took away my son' Manuel and Patricia Oliver's son, Joaquin, was 17 when he was killed in the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. He was one of 17 people who died in the shooting; another 17 were injured.Her words – and comments from her husband – ultimately led to Manuel Oliver's arrest during a joint hearing with Fallon's subcommittee and the House Judiciary Committee.
"Is this an insurrection?" Fallon said."So will they be held to the same – uh – I don't want another January 6th, do we?"Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., quickly responded:"If they're trying to overthrow the government, they ought to be held to the same standard. But I think they're trying to express their views.
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