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RandySF

(57,667 posts)
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 12:49 AM Jul 2016

GOP Investigating Dem Sit-In Over Gun Control Votes. We need to get Dems' backs.

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told reporters on Tuesday that he will meet with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and the House sergeant-at-arms on Tuesday afternoon to discuss whether to launch a formal investigation into the sit-in demonstration staged by House Democrats at the end of June, according to the Washington Post.

McCarthy said that House Democrats "went beyond the rules" during the sit-in calling for votes on gun control legislation. The House was in recess for most of the sit-in, though House leaders managed to hold votes on a bill to address the Zika virus over the chants of protests from Democratic members of Congress.

"We expect members of Congress to adhere to the rules and decorum," McCarthy told reporters, according to the Washington Post.

Democrats used cell phones and social media to post updates and stream video of the protest while the House was adjourned, which is not allowed. McCarthy also told reporters that he has heard that House Democrats used "intimidation" against staffers during the protest, according to The Hill.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/house-leaders-investigation-sit-in-guns

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GOP Investigating Dem Sit-In Over Gun Control Votes. We need to get Dems' backs. (Original Post) RandySF Jul 2016 OP
So, he "heard" there was intimidation. DetlefK Jul 2016 #1
Hey Kev, you fucking twit, how 'bout you legislate instead of investigate? Stinky The Clown Jul 2016 #2
Republicans will go to substantial lengths to avoid doing anything of subtance. Orrex Jul 2016 #3

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
1. So, he "heard" there was intimidation.
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 05:50 AM
Jul 2016

And when and where did this intimidation happen out of sight?
When there was commotion, when there was spectacle?
When the Democrats started filming?

How come it takes hearsay to bring forth this charge of intimidation?

Stinky The Clown

(67,697 posts)
2. Hey Kev, you fucking twit, how 'bout you legislate instead of investigate?
Wed Jul 6, 2016, 07:39 AM
Jul 2016

Actually, on second thought, no. Don't legislate.

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