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And was considered significantly out of the norm.

And not surprisingly, was based entirely off comments on Twitter.

Wasn’t that because the other person slandered the other one when this person was not present either online or in comments?

Sorta. It was more of a 'fight me' comment versus slander. The issue is that the unprofessional congressman tried to fight a witness _during_ a hearing in progress based off comments from Twitter.

So a Twitter fight? That doesn't excuse anything.

I’d be inclined to believe much of what goes on in the halls of Congress are more of a theatrical performance.