Make America bullet-riddled again
Several Republican members of Congress on Tuesday complained about — or outright bypassed — the metal detectors to enter the House floor, which were ordered put in place by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after last week’s deadly riot at the Capitol.
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Republican Reps. Louie Gohmert of Texas, Steve Stivers of Ohio, Van Taylor of Texas, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Debbie Lesko of Arizona and Larry Bucshon of Indiana, among others, were seen not complying with police at checkpoints or complained about the measure’s implementation, according to press pool and media reports.
Boebert, a newly elected member who vowed in a viral video to carry a gun in the Capitol, was seen in an apparent dispute with police over going through the metal detector.
“I am legally permitted to carry my firearm in Washington, D.C. and within the Capitol complex,” she tweeted. “Metal detectors outside of the House would not have stopped the violence we saw last week — it’s just another political stunt by Speaker Pelosi.”
The violence they saw January 6 wasn’t the only possible violence, especially possible from people like, precisely, Boebert. I wouldn’t trust her not to join the insurrectionists and help them from within, by murdering her colleagues. I would sure as hell not want to be on the House floor with her knowing she had a gun.
On the House floor, during arguments on a motion regarding the 25th Amendment, Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., called the metal detectors an “atrocity.”
“Take note, America,” he said. “This is what you have to look forward to in the Joe Biden administration.”
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Trump defender, said the added security was hampering his constitutional rights.
And the pope is a porn star.
Said as if Biden is somehow to blame. Biden is blameless in the insurrection, in the guns carried into the capitol, and in the fact that so many states elect assholes. I will blame Biden for the things he does, but the only fault in this instance belongs to the people who acted…just like rape is the fault of the rapist.
I have to say I’m in favor of providing options for those gripped in the embrace of the NRA
http://farcornercafe.blogspot.com/2021/01/options.html
Her game is straight out of Eric Berne’s classic Games People Play. It is a variant on ‘See what you made me do.’
And one of them still tried to take a gun through.
It lead to him missing the chance to vote on a waiver to allow retired US Army general Lloyd Austin to serve as president Joe Biden’s new defence secretary. It wouldn’t take a psychic to predict which way his vote would have gone. Anything to try to obstruct the new administration.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republican-gun-capitol-police-andy-harris-b1791126.html
So I gather that these people all drive from Hicksville USA to DC. With that attitude, they would never be able to board a plane.
I don’t know, guys and gals….I think we should ENCOURAGE them to be armed. Given the sloppy carelessness of most ammosexuals around their precious, they might have helped the country by self-eliminating themselves a la the dude who pulled out a taser and electrocuted his own genitals.
I really think this exhibits again how right wing culture is ethically and intellectually stuck perpetually in the 13 year old stage. “You ain’t the boss of me. My Daddy (Trump) can beat up your daddy”
Brian M, to be fair, I understand the guy managed to taser his own testicles while trying to rip a painting off the wall, not pulling the taser out of the front of his pants. Crikey, just how silly do you think these people are…
Re #5, several rioters have been kicked off of flights departing DC for being disruptive. Here’s one:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/us/delta-flight-capitol-rioter.html
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/capitol-riot-taser-death/
Rob @#7:
Any word yet on how the tasered testicles, blasted bollocks, knackered knackers, gothchered gonads or whatever you may call them are doing? In their own right? Never mind their owner; he presumably can look after himself. But the suspense is killing me.
;-)
You did catch that the guy died, right?
And you saw WaM’s post at #9 saying this is a fabricated story? The man died of a heart attack. There is no evidence that he had a taser at all, let alone tasered himself.
@9 and 11, ah well, I stand corrected. I hadn’t seen any reports since the 7th/8th. I suspect tasering ones testicles would be quite capable of inducing a heart attack were that to happen though.