Rep. GOP Gooden launches
Lance GoodenSole GOP votes on the House Police Reform Bill say he “pressed the wrong vote button by mistake.” The House approves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. (Texas), the only Republican representative to vote in favor of the “George Floyd Justice Act in the police,” according to a message that has already been deleted on Twitter that he had accidentally pressed the wrong button .
“I accidentally pressed the wrong voting button and realized it was too late,” Gooden wrote in the tweet, according to The Washington Post. “I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition to George Floyd’s partisan police law.”
The measure would ban the protection of clashes, try to end the creation of religious and racial profiles, and ban certain non-touch orders among other changes in police policy.
“I have possibly the most conservative / America First vote register in Congress!” Gooden said in another tweet.
“Of course, I would not support the law against the radical left police,” he added. “I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition!”
I certainly have the most conservative / America First vote register in Congress.
Of course, he would not support the law against the police of the radical left.
I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition. pic.twitter.com/s7uCdlxvgO
– Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) March 4, 2021
The legislation passed the House on Wednesday afternoon with a 220-112 vote.
The Post notes that accidental voting is not uncommon in legislatures at both the state and federal levels, although the consequences have been more shocking.
North Carolina Democratic Rep. Becky Carney, for example, accidentally helped legalize fracking in her state after vetoing a bill she had lobbied for, according to the newspaper. . Because changing his vote would change the outcome, Carney was not allowed to reverse his vote according to House rules, he added.