Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost walked out of a House hearing on Thursday (23 March) after apologising to a Parkland parent who was arrested for protesting gun violence.<br /><br />Manuel Oliver, who lost his son in the 2018 school shooting, was pinned to the floor by police outside the room after disrupting the meeting.<br /><br />“I fight alongside Manny and Patricia Oliver,” Mr Frost, a Florida Democrat, said before he accused republicans on the committee of benefiting from “gun lobby money”.<br /><br />“Today’s hearing is about distracting the people from the truth,” he added, leaving the room.
