Saturday brought the simultaneously bizarre and outrageous development of New York Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling the fire alarm in order to disrupt the House’s business as it eventually passed a 45-day continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. Naturally, MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian accepted the statement that it was just an accident.

At the end of a long diatribe against Republicans ranging from Speaker Kevin McCarthy to Rep. Matt Gaetz, Vossoughian added, “Last thing I wanna mention and then we’re going to take a quick break, there was a mention of Jamaal Bowman, Congressman Jamaal Bowman, and the pulling of some sort of fire alarm.”

That mention came from McCarthy during a press conference that MSNBC showed earlier. Vossoughian also stated, “I want to read for some reporting, so you understand what actually went on there. There were some reports that began to emerge about Representative Bowman, who was seen pulling some sort of fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building earlier today.”

[Rep. Nicole Malliotakis has already started the paperwork to boot his asterisk out of Congress, AS WELL THEY SHOULD. He’d already be in a D.C. gulag if he was a Republican rep.~ Beege]