Rep. Emanuel Cleaver walked off the floor of the House out of frustration after a controversy broke out over whether to take down comments from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from the record.

"I came in here to try to do this in a fair way. I kept warning both sides," Cleaver said Tuesday after a debate over a resolution to condemn President Trump's tweets. "We don't ever, ever want to pass up, it seems, an opportunity to escalate and that's what this is. I dare anybody to look at any of the footage and see if there is any unfairness. But unfairness is not enough. Because we just want to just fight."

"I abandon the chair," the Missouri Democrat said as he slammed down the chairman's gavel and walked off.





Cleaver's frustration came after Republicans stalled a resolution condemning President Trump over's tweets at four minority freshmen women after saying Pelosi had broke House rules by calling Trump a racist on the floor of the House.

"Every single member of this institution, Democratic and Republican, should join us in condemning the president's racist tweets," Pelosi said on the House floor.

Rep. Doug Collins called for her comments to be "taken down" because he claimed they were a violation of House decorum.

"I have cleared my remarks with the parliamentarian before I read them," Pelosi said before leaving the floor.

Cleaver reprimanded Pelosi saying she had made a "personality-based" attack on Trump.

"The chair will remind all members please, please do not make ... personality-based comments," he said.





The fight comes after Trump tweeted that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley should "go back" and fix their home countries.



So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly...... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019

....it is done. These places need your help badly, you can’t leave fast enough. I’m sure that Nancy Pelosi would be very happy to quickly work out free travel arrangements! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019



The congresswomen held a press conference Monday condemning the president.