Rep. Steve Cohen brought a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken and a plastic chicken to Capitol Hill Thursday morning, offering the props as a replacement for Attorney General William Barr who declined to show up for questioning before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.

Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, ate the chicken and posed for cameras before delivering a message to reporters outside the hearing room.

“Chicken Barr should’ve shown up today and answered questions,” Cohen said in a video by CNN. “An Attorney General who was picked for his legal acumen and his abilities would not be fearful of other attorneys questioning him for 30 minutes.”

As he delivered the line “chicken Barr” to the cameras Cohen lifted a plastic chicken into the frame, before frying the nation’s top law enforcement officer and the president.

“This smacks so much of Watergate,” he said. “The president is not above the law.”

Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for hours on Wednesday, but declined to face questions from staff attorneys for the House Democrats.

Cohen said Barr is acting like the president’s fixer and not an attorney general.