Jim Jordan’s NYC field hearing takes bizarre turn as witness accused of ‘secretly’ smiling

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Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) field hearing over crime in New York City took a strange turn Monday when a Republican lawmaker suggested that a witness “secretly smiled” during a discussion about gun violence.

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) took aim at gun safety advocate Rebecca Fischer during the Victims of Violent Crime in Manhattan hearing at the Jacob Javits Federal Building.

Hageman was arguing that the gun violence epidemic was caused by moral decline, and suggested that the group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence’s executive director wasn’t seriously considering the notion that guns aren’t directly responsible for gun violence.

Hageman insisted that “we’re not here for grandstanding” and that “we’re recognizing that across the country, there is a sickness pervading our communities that is destroying who and what we are.