Watch: Byron Donalds accused of 'voter fraud' on House floor after skirting ethics rules

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) accused Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) of "voter fraud" after he had another member cast a vote so he could participate in Bill Maher's HBO show on Friday.

In a House floor speech on Tuesday, McGovern clarified that Donalds had broken Rule 3 by not voting in person for the Protecting American Energy Production Act, part of President Donald Trump's "drill, baby, drill" agenda.

The Democratic lawmaker noted that Republicans had claimed proxy voting was unconstitutional when it was first implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Despite him voting remotely dozens of times previously, when [Mike] Johnson became Speaker, he ended remote voting because he said it was, quote, unconstitutional, unconstitutional," McGovern said. "So this is really interesting now, because last week, Congressman Byron Donalds was at HBO Studios in California, not on the House floor."

"But somehow, news reports say he also voted here on the House floor at the same time," he pointed out. "Yet he voted by proxy, and after he voted to end proxy voting."

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"So let's just call this what it is. It's voter fraud under the rules that the Republicans have put into place."

McGovern also accused Republicans rules for "thee and not me" because Rep. Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) was not allowed to vote while on maternity leave.

Watch the video below from C-SPAN.