WATCH: Maxine Waters erupts at Jim Jordan and tells him to ‘respect the chair and shut your mouth’ during COVID-19 hearing

WATCH: Maxine Waters erupts at Jim Jordan and tells him to ‘respect the chair and shut your mouth’ during COVID-19 hearing

California Rep. Maxine Waters erupted at Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan on Thursday while the Republican lawmaker was berating Dr. Anthony Fauci during a House subcommittee hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jordan has frequently made headlines for his loaded, and often misleading, criticisms of Fauci, who is the US's top infectious disease expert.

Waters intervened on Thursday as Jordan was in the middle of grilling Fauci, telling the Republican lawmaker to "respect the chair and shut your mouth."

"I just want to know, when do Americans get their First Amendment liberties back?" Jordan asked Fauci after going on an extended rant about what he described as arbitrary and overreaching restrictions on daily life.

"You're making this a personal thing, and it isn't," Fauci said before Jordan cut him off.

"Your recommendations carry a lot of weight, Dr. Fauci. We just had the chair of the Financial Services Committee said she loves you and you're the greatest thing in the world," Jordan said, referring to Waters.

The California congresswoman then jumped in, asking Jordan if he would yield his time to her, which he refused to do.

"Can I answer the question, please?" Fauci said. "My recommendations are not a personal recommendation. It's based on the CDC guidance, which