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Jamaal Bowman draws doubts after claiming fire alarm pull just a mistake as GOP demands socialist House member be prosecuted

Politics,US Congress,US House,House Ethics Committee,Government Shutdown,Democratic Party

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He didn’t start the fire, but he did pull the alarm.

A growing chorus of lawmakers and political observers are raising eyebrows at Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s claim that pulling a fire alarm in a House building was an innocent mistake — with some expressing anger over the fact he hasn’t been arrested.

The outspoken socialist New York lawmaker was caught on camera pulling a fire alarm Saturday, around the time fellow Democrats were scrambling over the GOP’s last-minute offer to avert a government shutdown.

“Congressman Bowman did not realize he would trigger a building alarm as he was rushing to make an urgent vote,” his chief of staff, Sarah Iddrissu, later wrote on social media. “The Congressman regrets any confusion.”

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