Tensions Flare in Connecticut House Over ICE Bill

0:00It's May 2nd. You're listening to Hartford News today, AI-powered local news. Tensions boiled over in the Connecticut House after a Democratic rep dropped a TikTok video late Thursday, calling out a Republican colleague, IET, 24-year veteran cop for what he called, police misconduct during a heated debate on an ICE oversight bill. The video targeted rep Greg Howard from Stonington, and by Friday morning, House Republicans showed up strong, with about 30 of them backing him. On the chamber steps alongside minority leader Vincent Candelor, who slammed the Democrat as dodging real debate for social media jabs. This all stemmed from ongoing clashes between Dems and Republicans over bills curbing federal immigration enforcement in the state, like new limits, and penalties for ICE agents amid the Trump-era crackdown. After six hours of fiery talk and rejecting 10 GOP amendments, with 23 more lined up, the leaders paused the session Thursday night to cool. He's down, but not before Howard's amendment on criminalizing harassment of officers,

1:04like getting too close to cops on duty, lit the fuse. A fellow Democratic cop rep even backed the amendment as a safety measure, not a free speech issue, highlighting how these partisan fights keep, spilling into personal attacks as the House pushes forward.