Andrew Scott Clyde[citation needed] (born November 22, 1963)[1] is an American politician and gun store owner serving since 2021 as U.S. representative from Georgia's 9th congressional district.

A Republican, his district serves a large swath of exurban and rural territory northeast of Atlanta, including Gainesville, Toccoa, Hartwell and Dahlonega.

[2] He described the 2021 United States Capitol attack as "no insurrection" and said it resembled a "normal tourist visit", although he previously acknowledged that he had helped to barricade the House chamber "from the mob who tried to enter.

He served 28 years in naval aviation units and the Seabees, including three combat deployments to Iraq and Kuwait.

[9] After the forfeiture, Clyde advocated reform of the procedure in testimony before the United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight.

During the campaign, he sued the city of Athens, Georgia, over a shelter-in-place order imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic that he said compelled his business to close.

[26][3][27] Fellow lawmakers Adam Kinzinger and Eric Swalwell criticized him for later refusing to shake the hand of a police officer who had been beaten unconscious during the attack.

[29] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Clyde "supported the holiday but didn't like its title, Juneteenth National Independence Day".

[30] On February 28, 2022, Clyde was one of three representatives to vote against the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which made lynching a federal hate crime.

[37][38] On March 5, 2024, Clyde's Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act was favorably reported by the House Foreign Affairs Committee by a bipartisan vote of 34 - 13.

[40][41] The PACT ACT which expanded VA benefits to veterans exposed to toxic chemicals during their military service, received a "nay" from Clyde.