Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) badgered a pro-vaping witness at a hearing on e-cigarettes and lung damage Tuesday, bizarrely accusing the witness of winking at someone in the room as part of a conspiracy and questioned whether the witness was a former communist. The hearing was held by the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy.

Vicki Porter, 51, from Wisconsin, who said she quit smoking by taking up vaping and was in good health, declined to answer Tlaib’s question on her being a self-described “converted conservative and reformed Marxist”. Porter answered the question about her winking, explaining to Tlaib that she was winking at a friend, Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI), who had introduced her at the hearing.

C-SPAN video clip posted by the Daily Caller to Twitter:

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During a subcommittee hearing on e-Cigarettes, Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused a witness of a "conspiracy" and lying about quitting smoking because she winked at a Republican member of the committee. pic.twitter.com/R5ir5qUnGI — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 24, 2019

USA Today posted a transcript.

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