Sole GOP Voter for House Police Reform Bill Says He Pressed Wrong Button

Rep. Lance Gooden (C), on the House floor in Washington on Jan. 3, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The only Republican to vote yes for a Democrat police reform bill in the House of Representatives said he did so by accident, and has changed his vote in the record.

“I accidentally pressed the wrong voting button and realized it too late,” Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas) wrote in a tweet that he later deleted. “I have changed the official record to reflect my opposition to the partisan George Floyd Policing Act.”