Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) filed a resolution Wednesday to expel a House Democrat charged with assault of federal officers by the Department of Justice. The expulsion resolution came after Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) was charged by a federal prosecutor for a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in New Jersey.

Democratic strategist James Carville claimed on MSNBC that race was a major factor in the Department of Justice charging Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J.

As Democratic lawmakers allege that President Donald Trump is weaponizing the justice system in New Jersey, the leading Republican candidates for governor are rallying behind his administration‘s decision to charge Democratic U.