The House on Thursday voted to censure Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., for pulling a Capitol Hill fire alarm in September, CNN reports. The GOP-led House just last month voted to also censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., for her criticism of Israel. The Bowman resolution passed 214-191 with five members voting “present.” Three Democrats joined the House Republicans to back the censure, which was introduced by Rep. Lisa McClain, R-Mich.
Bowman was caught on surveillance footage pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building, which was subsequently evacuated. Bowman said the incident was an accident: “I was trying to get to a door. I thought the alarm would open the door, and I pulled the fire alarm to open the door by accident… I was just trying to get to my vote and the door that’s usually open wasn’t open, it was closed.”
