Politics January 6th

Metal detectors infuriate lawmakers as some Republicans erupt over new measures

- "Many Republicans view the measure as invasive, but several Democrats called them necessary as they increasingly view their colleagues across the aisle as security threats."

- "Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, a newly sworn-in Republican who ran in large part on a message emphasizing her commitment to Second Amendment rights and has bragged about her desire to carry a weapon on Capitol Hill, got into an altercation with police officers and initially refused to show police what was in her bag Tuesday night. She was eventually allowed into the chamber."

- "Reps. Steve Womack of Arkansas and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, both Republicans, erupted at Capitol Police.
"I was physically restrained!" Womack shouted. "It's my constitutional right!" cried Mullin."

- "House Minority Whip Steve Scalise told CNN the situation is "untenable" because it "impedes the ability of members to come and vote. This is our job.""

- "Capitol Police eventually waved several lawmakers through without making them go through the magnetometers."

- ""There are concerns about the gun-toting members, but also we don't know who they're going to bring to the inauguration who can bypass the metal detectors," another House Democrat said. "Until there's an investigation and until we understand our colleagues' level of complicity in the attack, we don't know how involved they really were. Until we have answers, I don't think we should trust them -- not all of them of course, but some of them.""



... So members of the Republican Party feel the need to bring loaded firearms into Congress, and not being able to do so "impedes the ability of members to come and vote." All this while there's an investigation into complicity on Jan. 6th.

Just another day in America.

 

reading tea leaves...
Looks like Trump will be impeached today, but the trial won't start until demos take control.

 

The Capitol police need to enforce the rule in order to insure the safety of all within. Okay, make it a law and let the courts settle it out. I'm sure the courts will say they need to pass metal detectors.

 

Who is Lauren Boebert?

 

I imagine Sarah Palin up to her elbows in moose guts.

 

Couldn't you tell all those fake Antifa cleverly disguised as far Right wackos?

 

lol, my bad....yes I do. And after ignoring, I forgot him quickly. I can say absolutely that ignoring him improves the quality of S2

 

That was just another ploy to throw us off the track that they just might be far Right wackos instead of actually being Antifa in clever disguise.

 

I ignore Marzy and subsequently my life generally speaking took a dramatic turn for the better. God Bless the ignore button.

 

I've never seen so many American flags used as battering rams. Isn't there some sort of flag etiquette that says this is a no no?