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As a protester interrupts hearing with @Twitter CEO @Jack Dorsey, Rep. Billy Long (@USRepLong@auctnr1), a former auctioneer, takes action.

Watch full hearing with here: https://t.co/Gh099bDc9wpic.twitter.com/e4bRzvtBe1

— CSPAN (@cspan) September 5, 2018

Apparently, this is how they deal with protesters in Missouri.

State Rep. Billy Long shut down an alt-right activist at Wednesday’s Congressional hearing with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey — yelling at her auctioneer style — after the person stood up and interrupted with a cellphone and selfie stick in hand.

“One and a quarter, one and a half…Two! Two and a quarter, yup, two and a half, seventy five — three,” shouted the fast-talking Republican. “We’re selling the cellphone there!”

Long, a former auctioneer, was able to successfully drown out the protester, who was later identified as Laura Loomer, a self-professed “investigative journalist.”

Loomer has amassed a large and loyal Twitter following over the years, due in large part to her public stunts and confrontations.

The former Project Veritas and Rebel Media staffer made headlines in 2017 when she jumped on stage and began protesting during a performance of “Julius Caesar” in Central Park. The production had been updated to depict the title character as President Trump.

Loomer was arrested for her demonstration and charged with disorderly conduct and trespassing.

On Wednesday, the avid Trump supporter stood up during the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing with Dorsey and voiced her outrage with him following Twitter’s verification crackdown last year — which resulted in the loss of her blue checkmark.

“Jack Dorsey is trying to influence the election, to sway the election,” Loomer said. “That is why he is censoring and shadow banning conservatives.”

Loomer was escorted out of the hearing room by Capitol Police not long after standing up.

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