Last week an army of whipped-up Trump supporters stormed the Capitol, armed with guns and even zip ties (and, on a lighter note, horns), hell-bent on overturning the 2020 election. It didn’t work, and six people died. But some lawmakers, all Republican, are not happy with the modest safety procedures put in place in the wake of the violent insurrection. In fact, they’re throwing epic hissy fits.
As per NBC News, at least six representatives were either seen not complying with the police at checkpoints outside the House or simply complained. They are: Louie Gohmert, of Texas; Steve Stivers, of Ohio; Van Taylor, of Texas; Debbie Lesko, of Arizona, Larry Bucshon, of Indiana, and Lauren Boebert, of Colorado.
While Gohmert gained attention a few weeks back for losing a tooth mid-press conference speech, it’s Boebert who’s the most notorious of the group. Only sworn in last week, she’s made a name for herself by swearing that she wanted to carry a weapon on Capitol Hill. She also made the waves among the metal detector-hating scrum, actually getting into a stand-off with the officers who demanded she forfeit her bag after it set off alarms, as per CNN correspondent Ryan Nobles.
Boebert has now been let into the chamber it was unclear from my vantage point if the Capitol Police searched her bag before she went in.
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) January 13, 2021
Boebert has now been let into the chamber it was unclear from my vantage point if the Capitol Police searched her bag before she went in.
— Ryan Nobles (@ryanobles) January 13, 2021
Meanwhile, Lesko simply took to Twitter, railing against what she called “Pelosi’s communist America.”
For members of Congress to enter the floor of the U.S. House, we now have to go through intense security measures, on top of the security we already go through. These new provisions include searches and being wanded like criminals. We now live in Pelosi’s communist America!
— Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (@RepDLesko) January 13, 2021
She then got raked over the coals.
These are metal detectors at Disney World, which is literally the happiest place on Earth. So how about you relax? https://t.co/Dquqy9Qu3I pic.twitter.com/LPLwOuGILH
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 13, 2021
The performative outrage about basic security measures — when there was a literal lynch mob at the Capitol days ago, which erected a gallows and all — would be laughable if it weren't so dangerous.
Does she go through airports without passing security? https://t.co/qs0XxkH9nq
— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) January 13, 2021
https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1349179414270111745
https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1349177120686276610
https://twitter.com/ECMcLaughlin/status/1349184050074849281
https://twitter.com/jaredlholt/status/1349176808336470016
And so it was that the party of Blue Lives Matter made the lives of the police even more difficult than it is.
(Via NBC News)