Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi warned lawmakers that from next week those who attempt to enter the House Chamber without going through newly installed metal detectors will be fined.
The California Democrat announced in a statement Wednesday the Democrat-controlled House will vote on the new rule Jan. 21 to fine lawmakers who bypass the metal detectors to enter the Chamber $5,000 for a first offense and $10,000 for a second offense.
“It is tragic that this step is necessary, but the Chamber of the People’s House must and will be safe,” she said.
Metal detectors were installed at entrances to the House Chambers on Tuesday after supporters of President Donald Trump mobbed the building a week earlier, resulting in at least five deaths.
In her statement, Pelosi thanked Capitol Police for protecting them during the siege on the building before criticizing her Republican colleagues over confronting those same officers concerning the new metal detectors.
“Many Republicans have disrespected our heroes by verbally abusing them and refusing to adhere to basic precautions keeping members of our congressional community, including the Capitol Police, safe,” she wrote. “The House will soon move forward with a rule change imposing fines on those who refuse to abide by these protections.”
The fines will be deducted from the offending lawmakers’ salaries, she said.
According to the U.S. Capitol Police website, firearms are prohibited in Washington, D.C., and on U.S. Capitols grounds even with a permit.
However, lawmakers have been exempt from this rule though Acting House Sergeant-at-Arms Timothy Blodgett said in a memo announcing the installation of the metal detectors that lawmakers are to keep their weapons in their offices.
After the metal detectors were installed, several Republican lawmakers were reported to have argued with Capitol Police officers on Tuesday and Wednesday when they were instructed to enter the Chambers through the new devices.
Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., who appeared in a campaign video carrying a gun on Capitol grounds, called the metal detectors “just another political stunt by Speaker Pelosi.”
Rep. Rashida Tlaib from Michigan responded to lawmakers frustrated with having to go through the metal detects, stating “suck it up buttercups.”
“Now they know how [high school] students in my district feel,” she said via Twitter.
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I wonder, how much metal is between the ears, of the liberals in Congress?
Not metal. BUT Cow dung.
And LOTS of it.
Like her privileged hair cuts, This hammerhead shark of a speaker will get caught running the blockade of truth and metal detectors and then claim special Speakership privilege, she who only speaks for herself, not the 74 million voters who she won’t be able to outrun if she tries to live a normal life and eat out at a normal restaraunt, or even use the neutered unisex public restrooms that represent her neutered House Leadership that has to snap like a recently dismembered dog in pain, instead of licking the hands of THE PEOPLE that empowered her, and trusted her to keep them safe when the wolf came knocking at the door, only to find THE HOUSE she built was made of straw and only protected she of the self-claimed privileged political class of socialist elites. Next in addition to fines ,she will issue defying Representatives dog tags, or sewn stars on their suits in lieu of tatoo’s yet to come, to identify enemies of her Socialist state of confusion, separated in division , destined to be throttled in political oppression and isolation.
“It’s back in the USSR,,,you don’t know how lucky you are.” folks?
Ha ha ha ha. Yeah if this isn’t brown shirt tactics.
I also understand that any lawmaker appearing on the Floor of Congress without a mask will be fined according to Pelosi. So big fines for breaking rules. Easy to guess when Democrats are caught breaking these rules…the hefty fines will be “accidentally overlooked” or flat-out and blatantly ignored.
Exactly. RULES are only for us conservatives…
Pelosi has now upped the level of those deemed worthy of self-protection to exclude members of congress. I am sure the committee chairmen will still be allowed to conceal carry while “lesser people” continue to die day after day.
Hypocracy, thy name is Democrat.
Didn’t SHE Push for ‘gender neutral’ language, o get fined?? YET THEN DURING yesterday’s impeachment, KEPT referring to herself as SHE, A daughter, a mother, a wife etc?? SO WHERE WAS THE LASH ON HER for breaking her OWN RULES??
Be interesting to watch someone shove the Constitution onto the Table in the House and Senate with the ENTIRE RILL OF RIGHTS HIGHLIGHTED and ask:
“WHERE DO YOU GET THE POWER TO OVERTHROW AND INFRINGE ON THE CONSTITUTION?”
With the followup of : “Doesn’t YOUR POSITION PUT YOU IN VIOLATION OF YOUR OATH OF OFFICE?”
that WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO ASK: ” Since, from your first day in office, YOU HAVE BEEN IN VIOLATION I DEMAND YOUR RESIGNATION IMMEDIATELY!”
Then ask the Capitol Police to place them under arrest as “FLIGHT RISKS”. and held without Bail or Bond pending MILITARY TRIBUNALS!
I’d love it, if someone had the balls to do that. PITY NONE left in the GOP, seem to.
Makes perfect sense in upside-down-world. Disarm members of Congress. Yep, that’ll solve all the problems. Can any group of people be more STUPID??