CNN: Those who disregarded the metal detectors entering the House floor

[mobeau69]

have been each fined $5,000.

Don't fuck with Nancy!

[underpants]

1. Maybe they thought it said Mental Detector

[MontanaMama]

6. We have a winner!

No more comments necessary.

[whathehell]

12. ..or Mental Defector?

[amb123]

60. ..or Mental Defector Detector?

[whathehell]

63. Bravo!

A trifecta!

[RGinNJ]

41. DUzy!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

45. But they are Mental Insurrectors. . . . nt

[cstanleytech]

48. Probably afraid of hearing that flatlining sound.

[reACTIONary]

49. +100 nt

[sheshe2]

2. Love it!

Good job NANCY!

[lame54]

3. Donate it to the kids in cages

[AllaN01Bear]

35. hopefuly we can find those kids and let them go.

[lame54]

62. With cash in hand

[Vivienne235729]

4. I hope all the money they get from this fine gets donated to everytown.org

[avebury]

5. And it comes out of their paycheck as well! nt

[DeminPennswoods]

27. Yep, a direct deduction

nt

[calimary]

51. Even BETTER!

[calimary]

50. Excellent!!!

[SoonerPride]

7. Play stupid games. Win expensive prizes!

[Nitram]

8. I bet they won't pay. Does the rule have any teeth?

[stopbush]

15. The fine is deducted from their paychecks. They can't stop it.

[Nitram]

33. That's great to hear!

[soldierant]

64. I believe they can prevent it being deducted from their paycheck by paying it up front

but i don't believe that's going to happen with these scofflaws, so it's moot.

Incidentally, second and subsequent offenses are $10,000.00 each.

[Rick Rolle]

71. $5,000 is a drop in the bucket to these people.

They'll quickly make that up in "donations" from lobbyists and supporters. Don't be surprised to see some sort of GoFundMe page, or donations from a PAC. These politicians will wear it as a badge of honor that they defied the Speaker of the House.

[theneworiginal]

75. Not if it's every day. But they are taking it to Court.

They will lose. Congress sets the rules for the Capital just like a management company can set rules for its own building for its tenants. Nancy passed the rule within the rules.

Suck it, assholes. Your ammo-sexual tendencies are keeping you from doing something/anything productive.

[Nitram]

78. Financially easily dismissed. I think the symbolism is powerful. They are being branded scofflaws.

Yeah, I know, some of them and their base will wear it as a badge of honor. But their action and punishment are both ion permanent record, permanently. History will not view them kindly.

[wryter2000]

52. It's deducted from their pay

Blam.

[KewlKat]

9. Wonder how many bypassed the detector?

[tritsofme]

10. I'm curious how they can compel payment? Can it get deducted right out of his paycheck?

Are they barred from the floor until the fine is paid?

[Fullduplexxx]

14. Taken from wages. They wont get the chance to not pay

[Turin_C3PO]

19. They said it's an automatic

deduction from paycheck.

[OhNo-Really]

11. Taken from wages. Hope it's for each incidence

Hard ball. No bygones

[rurallib]

28. I believe it was $5,000 for the first incident, $10,000 for every incident thereafter

to be deducted from the paycheck.

They are going to get good at padding the expense account.

[GB_RN]

29. It Is.

And the fine increases to $10k for the second offense. Lauren “Bang Bang Barbie” Boebert (R-Gun Nuts R' Us) is for sure one of them. I THINK Chip Roy (R-NRA) is also one of them. I wouldn’t be surprised if Marjorie Taylor Gangrene (Q-Ball) was also involved.

[OldBaldy1701E]

42. Hell, Chip Roy has all but admitted

to carrying a gun into the chambers. He is quoted as saying that he feels the detectors are infringing on his 2nd amendment rights to defend himself. Which means he feels he has to defend himself and has taken steps to do so. Scary.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

66. I'd like to see that fuckhead try to use that excuse at an airport and get caught...

but I doubt he flies on commercial aircraft.

[yellowdogintexas]

69. and to think that district could have sent Wendy Davis to Congress

instead of him. People are crazy

[Silent3]

13. Too bad that that's a pittance for most of them...

...and they can probably raise way more money in extra donations by performing for the deplorables like this.

[stopbush]

18. With a yearly salary of $174,000, each Rep is earning $3,350 a week.

After taxes, the fine is basically two-weeks salary.

[Silent3]

22. Yes, but most Congress critters don't live off their public salary

Many are independently wealthy (or not so independently, as in they are corruptly scamming the system).

[Grokenstein]

40. This is true. But!

A rich man will bawl louder over a missing nickel than a poor person will weep over a stolen twenty.

[StarfishSaver]

55. That may be true for many Senators, not so much for most Members

For most of them, this is probably the most income they've ever made. They weren't exactly high value employees in the private sector before they were elected to Congress.

[AllyCat]

56. The new ones do. But I suspect the Qbots will get people to

Donate to bail them out. Time to have the Capitol police just arrest them.

[padah513]

65. I'm with you

If they try to walk around assume they have a gun and manhandle the hell out of them before the arrest. After tasting the carpet once or twice with a knee to the back and a gun pointed at the back of their head they'll get the idea.

[Irish_Dem]

21. They figure they can fund raise on the fine and make more than $5,000.

What a warped world we live in.

[wryter2000]

53. Wouldn't that go to their campaign?

Not that they're above using campaign money for personal uses, even though it's illegal.

[Irish_Dem]

58. Most of them seem to come out of congress wealthier than when they went in.

Seems to be a way they funnel money to themselves.

[FailureToCommunicate]

16. Nice idea, but I don't like it. They should be BANNED from entering, not just fined.

I could imagine several of them paying the fine - and using it as a fundraising gimmick to KEEP paying it - and just rubbing their distain in the faces of their colleagues, to "own the Libs"

[Lonestarblue]

26. I agree. They should just be prevented from entering the floor of the House.

Why should Democratic members of Congress, especially Pelosi and the Squad, have to work beside people who have said they want them dead, knowing those same people are carrying guns and could actually kill them. Not that I think they would, but it’s a form of intimidation that should not be allowed.

[wnylib]

31. Agree. First, the entrance should be

set up to make bypassing the detector impossible. Then, anybody who does have a weapon detected, should be denied entry until they remove the weapon from their person, whether it't in a pcket, purse, briefcase, etc. and leave it behind. They can pick it up only on the way out.

They have already demonstrated that they can't be trusted, due to their support for violence.

[11 Bravo]

17. Shouldn't they first be grabbed around the neck and have their faces driven into the floor?

Because I'm fairly certain I've seen that happen to other citizens suspected of lesser offenses.

[flying_wahini]

20. My thoughts exactly. If it's against the law or rules then hold them accountable.

Period.

[11 Bravo]

24. That whole melanin thing seems to get in the way.

Every. Fucking. Time.

If Johnny "Apple Cheeks" Roberts had not stated, in the decision that eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, that racism was no longer a thing, I would probably as concerned as Susan Collins on a bad day.

[Mr.Bill]

32. Handcuff them

and kneel on their necks for eight minutes.

[MuseRider]

23. They are like naughty children of the well to do.

Not meeeeee. Way to go Nancy, treat them like you would a 3 year old with his hand in the center of a cake you just decorated. They know better but they just think they are special and, "What are you going to do about it, huh?" Now they know, fine them for not wearing masks or even not wearing them appropriately. A civil society does not regard your silly "not meeeeees" as important when you risk the others around you. Make them pay and behave like real grown ups. Such special people they are.

[Fla Dem]

25. I believed I heard the fines can't be paid out of their office funds,

but will be deducted from their pay.

[GB_RN]

30. Yup.

$5k first offense. $10k second offense.

[JDC]

34. Knowing the NRA and the RNC, they will probably get reimbursed

They love making a statement about what a-holes they are in the name of freedumb.

[AllaN01Bear]

36. good .

[Bmoboy]

37. I sure hope this includes my rep - Andy Harris

An anesthesiologist with a concealed carry permit is a scary thing.

Fuck him.

[slumcamper]

38. Given the likes of MTG and other secessionists, they can't be trusted. n/t

[mwooldri]

39. So the people who represent the party of "law and order"...

... have now found out that "law and order" does apply to them too. Good.

[iluvtennis]

43. Nice!

[Gore1FL]

44. How many have done it since the rules were put in place? nt

[Ford_Prefect]

46. I'm guessing they expect to need to shoot their way out of a floor debate. Tough Crowd on the floor?

[BarbD]

47. Who are they going to shoot? The police? The Congress?

They feel unsafe. Who are they afraid of?

What idiots.

[Talitha]

54. I'd like to see their fines DOUBLED for each repeat offense -

$5,000
$10,000
$20,000
$40,000

etc...

[tinymontgomery]

57. My thought also, that will stop them pretty quick. n/t

[bucolic_frolic]

59. If you can't have a workplace free of angry people with guns, what is it all coming to???

[FakeNoose]

61. I want their names posted

... along with their fines. Let them be outed in the public record.

[MyMission]

68. Here are 2 names, reported tonight

Republican congressmen Louie Gohmert and Andrew Clyde fined $5,000 each for refusing to go through a new metal detector in the Capitol
Eliza Relman Feb 5, 2021, 6:04 PM

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/2-gop-congressmen-fined-5000-for-bypassing-house-metal-detector-2021-2%3famp

Gohmert was and will be a regular offender to the rule. Others will abide, until the day they stage a protest and carry in their firearms, whoever's got one. If and when that happens, all the Dems should walk out, which would remove a quorum so no votes could take place.

The GQP rep for my district carries, and I hope they are able to screen him adequately as he uses a wheelchair, which could be used to mask a firearm. I've been worried about him sneaking in a weapon that way; and also concerned as the Dem reps are, that so many support tRump, guns, violence and intimidation.

[Blue Owl]

70. Gomer's metal lobotomy plate would've set it off

[SCantiGOP]

77. Actually, Gohmert may win his appeal to have his fine rescinded

If he is telling the truth - and that is a big IF - he says that he complied with the procedure and went through the detector. later, before he was scheduled to speak, he left the chamber to go to the bathroom. He says he wasn't asked to come back through the detector, but returned to the floor.

[BobTheSubgenius]

67. I am SO glad that this policy and Nancy Pelosi both have teeth.

What a superlative idea!

[DFW]

72. If they were ever able to install bullshit detectors

The entire Republican caucus would be working for free inside of a month.

[Aussie105]

73. Just so everyone is safe . . .

can those miscreants who do manage to enter with weapons, be placed in bullet proof cages for the duration of their stay in the chamber? Hell, make it soundproof too! Adult version of the child's 'naughty corner'!

Bullet proof, no, not to keep bullets out, but to keep any 'accidental' discharge in. Should make a lot of noise, in an enclosed space!

[randr]

74. The idiots who would enter our sacred hall armed do not understand the real threat

They risk the possibility for someone to over power them, take their weapon, and use it on innocent people.
Especially little miss Annie Oakley!

[lettucebe]

76. I heard they have 90 days to pay or it's taken from their pay check -- that's not a real deterrent,

especially for someone wealthy. I prefer the immediate removal from pay and then an escalating scale, every time, fines double. So do it once, $5k, twice $10k, three times $20, etc. Maybe that'd help?

It sickens me the way they act so juvenile. How are young people supposed to learn how to act when our elected officials are like 2nd graders, and not well behaved 2nd graders either. (I love that age, it's the best).