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House GOP leaders’ daily government shutdown press conference briefly descended into chaos on Wednesday when a Democratic lawmaker interrupted the event.

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., a moderate Democrat, shared a heated exchange with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., after crashing his remarks outside the U.S. Capitol while demanding he meet with her caucus to end the shutdown.

Johnson told her, “You should respect free speech,” to which Houlahan responded, “You should respect free speech.”

“I’m asking a question if you’re ready to have a conversation with the other side,” Houlahan shouted from where reporters were gathered at the press conference. “You represent all of us. You are the speaker for all of us, sir.”

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