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Gaetz and Boebert Blew Past Security for Zelensky Speech
December 21, 2022 at 8:40 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 81 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/12/21/gaetz-and-boebert-blew-past-security-for-zelensky-speech/
"SNIP.........
Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Lauren Boehbert (R-CO) were spotted blowing straight past a security checkpoint outside the House floor on Wednesday evening as they headed in to attend a surprise address to Congress from Ukraines president, The Independent reports.
........SNIP"

Joinfortmill
(19,085 posts)applegrove
(128,589 posts)just as the covid pandemic was starting. Then 1 Milliion dead. Good times.
Deuxcents
(24,294 posts)Way past time here.
SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)mahina
(20,085 posts)And planted his singularly ugly mug right smack in frame. Id give anything for a lip reader.
Blue Owl
(57,521 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(36,631 posts)Initech
(106,485 posts)
Deuxcents
(24,294 posts)Are we are are we
Not a nation of laws?
applegrove
(128,589 posts)Initech
(106,485 posts)They're the spoiled kid in Target who screams at his parents to buy him a toy until they cave in and do.
48656c6c6f20
(7,638 posts)I don't get it.
Alice Kramden
(2,798 posts)They know in January that the R majority in the House intend to remove the metal detectors
FlyingPiggy
(3,748 posts)Hmmmmm .
bottomofthehill
(9,270 posts)Members can be fined for violation House Rules but they can not be stopped from attending a Joint Meeting of Congress
Article I, Section 6, Clause 1:
The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
LetMyPeopleVote
(170,819 posts)Raine
(30,967 posts)I shudder to think of what could've happened if someone with evil violent intentions had done the same as those two nitwits.