House Speaker Nancy Pelosi addressed questions about increasing security for Members of the House of Representatives who feel threatened by some fellow members, principally Republicans whose actions and words indicate threats.
One Congressman attempted to bring a gun into the "House" chamber. A security guard stopped Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland (Republican) before entering the House floor with a loaded gun.
It is worse.
"Following the deadly attack on the Capitol building earlier this month, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) ordered that metal detectors be installed, which angered several GOP members. Last Tuesday, according to The Hill, Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) yelled at the police operating the detectors, claiming they were “creating a problem” that they did “not understand the ramifications of,” and told them to “get back” and “don’t touch me.” Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) called the detectors “bullshit.”
Members are allowed to carry unloaded firearms in the halls and on Capitol grounds, including the Capitol building, and in their offices as long as all ammo is separately compartmentalized. However, guns are not allowed into either the House or Senate chambers. In early January, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) released a digital ad declaring her right to carry a Glock on the Capitol’s grounds. "Even though I now work in one of the most liberal cities in America, I refused to give up my rights, especially my Second Amendment rights,” Boebert says in the ad. The HuffPost reported Thursday that Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Rick Allen (R-Ga.) and Boebert all refused to be wanded down after setting off the magnetometer."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2021/01/22/another-gop-lawmaker-attempted-to-bring-a-gun-into-house-chamber-capitol-police-investigating/?sh=736735bd40dc
Meanwhile, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is off to Florida meeting with former President Trump while facing an impeachment trial.
Americans cannot turn a blind eye. Get this.
Republican Representative from Georgia, Marjorie Taylor Green was appointed to the Education Committee after she has denounced schoolyard massacres as being fake.
"Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before running for Congress
By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN
Updated 11:31 PM ET, Tue January 26, 2021"
If Congressional Representatives feer their piers are not Americans justified in being fearful of many neighbors who posted Trump-Pence signs and who are likely armed and dangerous?
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