for this week s gotcha i m calling out house republicans, who refusioned to honor a trailblazing black judge, and some couldn t even tell you why. two republican senators from florida, sponsored to name a federal courthouse in tallahassee after the late just hatchee, the first black man to serve on the florida supreme court, and first black judge to be appointed to a federal appeals court in the deep south. naming buildings are normally noncontroversial, but not this time. a georgia congress mast named andrew clyde launched a crusade against honoring judge, because
republicans against the bill. andrew clyde called the january 6th attack on the capitol, quote, a normal tourist visit. so that s who he is. and he took issue with a 1999 opinion written by judge hatchet when he was on the federal circuit court of appeals. the opinion overturned a local school policy in jacksonville, florida, that attempted to circumvent the supreme court s ban on school sponsored prayer. judge hatchette died last year, was the first african american to serve on the federal appeals court in the deep south. after graduating from howard university school of law, judge hash it took the bar exam in 1916, and he was not allowed to book a hotel room in the miami hotel where that bar exam was then given. because it was a segregated hotel. congressman andrew clyde car of a blinken s to change their votes while the vote was underway on the house floor.
serve on the federal appeals court in the deep south. after graduating from howard university school of law, judge hash it took the bar exam in 1916, and he was not allowed to book a hotel room in the miami hotel where that bar exam was then given. because it was a segregated hotel. congressman andrew clyde car of a blinken s to change their votes while the vote was underway on the house floor. two minutes and 30 seconds into the vote, when have 25 republicans had voted for the bill and by the end of the vote only 19 republicans had voted for the bill. the bill failed to meet the two thirds threshold, the house republican sponsor of the bill. voted against the bill himself. when congressman vernon buchanan was asked why he voted against his own bill, he said, quote, i don t know. joining us now, someone who does know democratic representative colin