<p>Stacey Plaskett (D), a non-voting Delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">House of Representatives</a>, exploded on the House floor on Friday when she was informed that she could not vote for Speaker of the House because she represents a U.S. territory — not a U.S. state.</p>
<p>Plaskett disrupted the vote because she claimed to have a &#8220;parliamentary inquiry.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I note that the names of the representatives from the Americas, Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District of Columbia, were not called, representing collectively 4 million Americans,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>Other members interrupted her, leading her to seemingly acknowledging that her parliamentary inquiry was a stunt.</p>
<p>&#8220;Have some respect. It&#8217;s not going to take&#8211;&#8221; she responded to the other House members.</p>
<p>&#8220;I asked why they were not called from the parliamentarian, please,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>The House official correctly noted that Delegates-elect and the Resident Commissioner-elect are not qualified to vote.</p>
<p>&#8220;Wrong!&#8221; a Democrat falsely shouted.</p>
<p>&#8220;Representatives-elect are the only individuals qualified to vote in the election of a speaker, as provided in Section 36 of the House rules and manual, the speaker is elected, is elected by a majority of the members elect, voting by surname,&#8221; the House official stated.</p>
<p>Plaskett erupted, &#8220;This body and this nation has a territories and a colonies problem. What was supposed to be temporary has now effectively become permanent. We must do something about this problem, so that these four mill&#8211;&#8221;</p>
<p>After her microphone was briefly cut, she shouted, &#8220;I have a voice!&#8221;</p>
<p>WATCH:</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">US Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D) causes a scene on the House floor after she is told delegates can&#8217;t vote for Speaker: &#8220;This body and this nation has a territories and a colonies problem. What was supposed to be temporary has now effectively become permanent.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/1aRU1xPGcq">pic.twitter.com/1aRU1xPGcq</a></p>
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