The Daily Populous Friday March 5th, 2021 night edition
Authored by thehill.com and submitted by jstohler

Rep. Lance Gooden Lance GoodenSole GOP vote on House police reform bill says he 'accidentally pressed the wrong voting button' House approves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act House Republicans ask for briefing on threats keeping National Guard in DC MORE (Texas), the only House Republican to vote for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, reportedly said in a now-deleted post on Twitter that he had pressed the wrong button by accident.

“I accidentally pressed the wrong voting button and realized it too late,” Gooden wrote in the tweet, according to The Washington Post. “I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition to the partisan George Floyd Policing Act.”

The measure would outlaw chokeholds, seek to end religious and racial profiling and bar certain no-knock warrants among other police policy changes.

"I have arguably the most conservative/America First voting record in Congress!" Gooden said in another tweet.

"Of course I wouldn’t support the radical left’s, Anti-Police Act," he added. "I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition!"

I have arguably the most conservative/America First voting record in Congress!

Of course I wouldn’t support the radical left’s, Anti-Police Act.

I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition! pic.twitter.com/s7uCdlxvgO — Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) March 4, 2021

The legislation passed the House late Wednesday on a 220-112 vote.

The Post notes that accidental votes are not uncommon in legislatures on both the state and federal levels, though the consequences have been more impactful.

North Carolina state Rep. Becky Carney (D), for example, accidentally helped legalize fracking in her state after hitting "yes" on a veto against the bill she had lobbied against, according to the newspaper. Because changing her vote would change the outcome, Carney was not permitted to reverse her vote under the chamber's rules, it added.

theFlyingCode on March 4th, 2021 at 16:30 UTC »

Found this gem at the end

> North Carolina state Rep. Becky Carney (D), for example, accidentally helped legalize fracking in her state after hitting "yes" on a veto against the bill she had lobbied against, according to the newspaper. Because changing her vote would change the outcome, Carney was not permitted to reverse her vote under the chamber's rules, it added.

imagine_amusing_name on March 4th, 2021 at 16:06 UTC »

In other news, this morning 12th January 2036, President Gooden said he "pressed the wrong button" and has launched a full scale nuclear assault against Florida.

AtomicBombMan on March 4th, 2021 at 15:06 UTC »

Of all the buttons a politician could accidentally press, this isn't the worst, right?