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Feb 18, 2021 / 10:59 PM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) Emotions reached a boiling point Thursday among state lawmakers.
That heated exchange happened inside the Indiana Government Center where the Indiana House of Representatives was meeting. At one point, News 8 heard shouting and saw several people quickly leave the House chamber, a meeting room outside the Statehouse being used during the coronavirus pandemic.
The commotion started when lawmakers were talking about House Bill 1367. According to an online digest, the bill would establish a two-year pilot program in the John Glenn School Corp., based in Walkerton, to initiate a process to disannex certain territory from the existing school corporation boundaries and annex other territory. Walkerton is about 20 miles southwest of South Bend. The Associated Press reported that the bill would allow a rural, mostly white, St. Joseph County township to leave the South Bend Community Schools. Rep. Jake Tashka, a Republican from South Bend,
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The conflict spilled out into the hallway after the debate, and resulted in lawmakers having to physically separate Reps. Sean Eberhart, R-Shelbyville, and Vanessa Summers, D-Indianapolis. Eberhart said Summers called him a racist and verbally attacked him while Summers said Eberhart tried to physically attack her.
House Minority Leader Phil GiaQuinta called on House Speaker Todd Huston to more firmly reprimand his caucus if they start heckling Democrats. He said it s not the first time his members have been taunted when speaking.
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