The two Republicans announced a lawsuit Monday challenging fines slapped on them for violating the House’s new security screening rules, saying someone has to stand up to what they see as an increasingly imperial way that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has run the chamber.
Pelosi fined the Republicans for tripping the House metal detector system. Oddly, the Democrats don't get fined.
Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Andrew Clyde (R-GA) said that if the courts don’t step in and rule Mrs. Pelosi out of line, there’s no end to the mischief a House speaker can do.
In this case, they say, Republicans have missed being able to cast their votes on the floor because they’ve been delayed by the magnetometers, or “mags,” that now guard entrances to the chamber. Magnetometers can be used as metal detectors (Wikipedia)
The effect, they say, is Mrs. Pelosi has silenced their constituents’ voice on those occasions — and it’s been aimed at Republicans.
“It actually sets up a system where they can literally keep Republicans from voting. Now they could keep Democrats from voting, but they never do that,” said Mr. Gohmert.
(Washington Times)
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