WASHINGTON — There was a jubilant, circus-like atmosphere outside of the U.S. House chamber on Thursday afternoon, as Democrats brought an end to their day-long “sit-in” over gun control. But one man walking past the bullhorns and cheers found the scene repellant.

It was former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.

If the Sugar Land Republican were still running the show at the U.S. Capitol, he said, he would’ve had no mercy for the Democrats participating. 

“I’m heartbroken. The destruction of dignity, decorum of the people’s House,” he said. “That House doesn’t belong to those members. It belongs to the people of the United States, and for them to desecrate it like they just did is beyond me.” 

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Though it’s been more than than a decade since his fearsome reign at the Capitol, DeLay says he knows exactly what he’d do: 

“You cannot allow things like this to happen without some consequences,” he said. “I think what I’d do is file ethics charges against every member that did this.”

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