This Speaker fight is creating some strange bedfellows.
During Tuesday’s House speakership vote, eagle-eyed viewers following along on C-SPAN noticed an unusual conversation happening on the House floor between Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Paul Gosar (R-AZ).
Gosar was previously stripped of his committee assignments for sharing an animated GIF of violence toward AOC.
…but it seems that’s all in the past.
From Fox News:
In a clip captured by C-SPAN and widely shared online, Gosar and Ocasio-Cortez, seated alongside each other, are engaged in what appears to be a friendly conversation during a break after House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s speakership bid fell short of the required 218 votes, prompting another round of voting.
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The civility of their most recent exchange piqued the curiosity of many on Twitter, who marveled at the unexpected dynamic between the lawmakers while speculating about what they were discussing.
“Wait?!?!? @AOC and Paul Gosar, the guy who made that cartoon of him killing her, are talking on the floor? Now I have seen everything,” The Independent’s” Eric Michael Garcia wrote.
“Congressman Gosar and AOC are seen scheming,” journalist James Dunn responded.
“AOC and Gosar chatting on the CSPAN feed, which is unexpected,” Washington Post’s Philip Bump wrote.
“Any body language or lip-reading experts wanna weigh in on this conversation between AOC and Paul Gosar just now?,” Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips asked.
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“Oh, to have a hot mic. Paul Gosar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in an animated conversation…but about what?” NBC Universal’s Mike Sington wondered.
ABC News congressional reporter Gabe Ferris offered curious users some insight into what the two were discussing.
“On her floor convo with Rep. Gosar earlier, AOC tells me that McCarthy made claims within the GOP conf. that some Ds would walk away to lower the threshold,” he tweeted.” “Gosar was asking AOC for clarification — would she walk away? “We would never do that,” AOC told me. Jeffries all the way.”
On her floor convo with Rep. Gosar earlier, AOC tells me that McCarthy made claims within the GOP conf. that some Ds would walk away to lower the threshold. Gosar was asking AOC for clarification — would she walk away? “We would never do that,” AOC told me. Jeffries all the way. pic.twitter.com/yDsbJjFIPU
— Gabe Ferris (@GabeABC30) January 3, 2023
Watch the clip below. What do you think they are discussing?
Any body language or lip-reading experts wanna weigh in on this conversation between AOC and Paul Gosar just now? pic.twitter.com/Kb3Sx0Os3x
— Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) January 3, 2023