Democrat Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) was spotted sleeping during a congressional hearing.
Nadler fell asleep at a Wednesday hearing of the House Judiciary Committee titled “Oversight of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.”
The hearing was debating Nadler’s own radical gun control agenda.
Images of Nadler napping on the taxpayer’s dime quickly spread on social media.
The disturbing photos show 75-year-old Nalder looking disheveled, exhausted, and apathetic.
Jerry Nadler fell asleep during today's hearing with the ATF Director.
📸@2A_Freedom/@realPParsons pic.twitter.com/NQqMXA2wAC
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 26, 2023
However, while many mocked Nadler on Twitter, gun rights organizations were outraged that the Democrat fell asleep during an important discussion of Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
Poor Jerry Nadler is getting VERY TIRED as AFA members continue to block his gun control agenda . . . pic.twitter.com/tLWzA4h6hV
— American Firearms Association (@2A_Freedom) April 26, 2023
Thank you to Ranking Member @RepJerryNadler for taking President Biden's ban on up to 40 million Americans' pistols seriously. 💤 pic.twitter.com/CCyUSF79qT
— Gun Owners of America (@GunOwners) April 26, 2023
Several Twitter users said Nadler’s repeated inability to stay awake on the job proves term limits and mental fitness tests are necessary.
“No other working Americans get to sleep in front of their bosses,” one Twitter commenter wrote.
“The taxpayers are his boss.”
It’s time to retire. No other working Americans get to sleep in front of their bosses. The taxpayers are his boss.
— Savannah (@BasedSavannah) April 26, 2023
Jerry Nadler fell asleep during today's hearing with the ATF Director.
More proof that there should be mandatory term limits, age limits, and annual cognitive testing for all members of public office. pic.twitter.com/6Zisf3Fiq7
— Proud Elephant 🇺🇸🦅 (@ProudElephantUS) April 26, 2023
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Nadler has been caught multiple times in recent years napping at various hearings, including once in 2019 when he was the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and was supposed to lead the meeting.
Is the CHAIR of the House Judiciary Committee Democrat Jerry Nadler almost falling asleep DURING his own hearing?#JerryRigged pic.twitter.com/TI0kuBWLWg
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) December 4, 2019
The Penguin aka Jerry Nadler suffers from hypoxia and drifts off to sleep during his job in which the American tax payer funds.
He needs to go NOW!! pic.twitter.com/OEvgXi4jye
— 🔥 BULL RUN WONKA 🔥 45k 👉 $XRP $FIL $BTC #NFT (@WillyWonkaXRP) July 29, 2020
Jerry Nadler @RepJerryNadler hard at it AGAIN!#NadlerNap 🙄pic.twitter.com/HBuE3N8avR
— ZZZ (@AskMeLaterOn) October 21, 2021
Nadler is falling asleep… pic.twitter.com/dZCfQNP37J
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) December 12, 2019
Indeed, Nadler’s snoozing is such a common occurrence his peers gave him a nickname.
“He was Rock-A-Bye Baby,” a Democratic staffer told the New York Post in September.
“The meetings are usually half an hour and he was out for about 15 minutes … It’s just a known thing.”
One House Democrat who works closely with Nadler told the Post: “I don’t think it’s like Dianne Feinstein.
“You can just tell he’s not … as engaged with others.”
Ironically, Nadler was among a group of Democrats who, in 2021, wanted to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove then-President Donald Trump from office.
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