An incident that unfolded Tuesday evening outside Speaker Mike Johnson’s Capitol office has prompted starkly divergent responses from the union representing the U.S. Capitol Police and the Democratic lawmaker involved.
Amid a march of House Democrats to Johnson’s office to demand the seating of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, video footage captured a tense exchange between California Rep. Nanette Barragán and a Capitol Police officer who was standing in the entry to the office suite.
Barragán walked past the officer, the video showed, entering an alcove leading into Johnson’s office suite. The speaker was not present.
Union Chair Gus Papathanasiou…
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