Rep. Val Demings of Florida was not having any of Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio’s rudeness when he tried interrupting her during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a new hate crimes bill yesterday.The Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act seeks to provide incentives for reporting hate crimes, boost funding to state-run hate crime hotlines, and increase penalties for people convicted under current hate crime statutes.Demings, the former Chief of the Orlando Police Department, was in the middle of criticizing what she called a “completely irrelevant” amendment Republicans tried to sneak in to prevent defunding of police departments.“I served as a law enforcement officer for 27 years,” the congresswoman said. “It is a tough job, and good police officers.