This dangerous dimwit congresswoman will now be banned from the floor

[magicguido]

if she fails to surrender her weapon

"While emotions rose on the House floor, tensions flared outside the chamber. Pelosi on Tuesday imposed new public safety measures on House members, including metal detectors outside the chamber.

That infuriated some Republicans. Several loudly protested to police officers, reporters and Democrats, and others were seen pushing past the metal detectors. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), a freshman gun rights activist, refused to allow Capitol police to inspect her bag." -WP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-trump-impeach/2021/01/12/5e873dd0-54ed-11eb-a08b-f1381ef3d207_story.html

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[DownriverDem]

19. What is she planning?

I fear her at the inauguration. I fear she will do something dangerous. She should not be allowed on the floor or near the inauguration.

[SergeStorms]

2. Can't watch it.

Early morning and I don't want to start the day with elevated blood pressure. This woman is dangerous. She's unhinged, and shouldn't be allowed in the District of Colombia, let alone the House Chambers. Unless she submits to walking through the metal detectors, she doesn't enter the House Chambers. Period. She can make as many "public service" messages she wants, but her days as a representative are numbered.

[DownriverDem]

21. How

will they get rid of her? Can Pelosi and the House kick her out?

[lastlib]

28. Yes, she can be expelled.

The United States Constitution (Article I, Section 5, Clause 2) provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member." The processes for expulsion differ somewhat between the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_from_the_United_States_Congress

[TheRickles]

31. Realistically, though - how close to two-thirds could they get?

[lastlib]

35. Unfortunately, not close enough.

But I guess they could assign her to cleaning toilets as "PunishMembers for disorderly behavior." Majority vote.

[lagomorph777]

38. +1 No exceptions. Bypass the detector, get thrown to the floor and taken away.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Install a camera too

Time to publicize their irresponsible tantrums.

[HuskyOffset]

4. Says she is a law abiding citizen...

...then immediately says she’ll violate DC law and carry a firearm while in DC.

[Beartracks]

9. This post right here. Sums it up nicely. n/t

[Layzeebeaver]

5. The analysis by the commentators is really insightful

I think I will start watching this channel

[Escurumbele]

7. She also needs to be investigated about those tweets she sent during the Capitol siege about

Pelosi's whereabouts. I wonder if she is the one with the bullhorn in some video shown here at DU telling people how to move around the Capitol.

[skypilot]

43. Yeah. I don't know why...

...this seems to be fading from the news. Or have I missed some coverage?

[judesedit]

8. She's a Sarah Palin wannabe

[onetexan]

14. Worse IMO

[judesedit]

45. You may be right. But, who knows the damage Palin would've been responsible for if she got in

[hatrack]

30. But even dumber . . .

Palin at least finished college eventually. Bobert's a high school dropout.

Boebert dropped out of high school her senior year (she would have been the Class of 2004) because she had a child, and took a management role at a McDonald's in Rifle. She later obtained her GED.[12] She later got a job filing for a natural gas drilling company and then became a pipeliner, a member of a team that builds and maintains pipelines and pumping stations.[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Boebert

[judesedit]

46. If it wasn't so serious it would be funny. She is pretty stupid running her mouth

when she's going to be ousted and prosecuted using her own words and voice as evidence.

[Raven123]

10. Should deny her a chance to vote against impeachment.

[lamp_shade]

11. Will now be banned?? I thought she was let through.

[bullimiami]

12. These are a bunch of fucking children who don't like "rules". Time out required.

[thucythucy]

13. She's publicly admitted she'll be carrying in DC, where it's against the law.

Have her arrested as soon as she steps off Capitol grounds.

Seize the weapon, bring her before a judge.

She has a previous record, so no minimum sentence should apply.

[3Hotdogs]

27. What was the previous conviction for?

[thucythucy]

29. Disorderly conduct, operating an unsafe vehicle.

She's also violated COVID restrictions on her restaurant.

While being arrested she told officers "I have friends at Fox News."

[bullimiami]

32. I see DC has permits. Is she permitted? Are her guns registered?

Does refusing to be screened violate the terms of CC permit?

If any of this is no. She should have a problem.

[thucythucy]

42. I don't know.

Someone in authority should definitely check though.

[Beachnutt]

15. folks have a right to eat to, does that mean you can take

a pizza in and eat on the floor ? 🤷‍♂️

[olegramps]

16. I worked short time in Rifle where she is from. Believe me it is dominated by drunken ignoramuses.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. If you don't stop her, soon the whole GOP caucus will be carrying

and what type of free legislative discussions are had at the point of a gun?

[wnylib]

18. I heard their debate about Pence invoking the 25th.

She and Jordan added their comments about the metal detector and face masks to their outraged remarks about removing Trump.

Those are exactly the traitors that the metal detectors and masks are meant to protect House members from. They are the dangerous members who can't be trusted because of their support for the Traitor in Chief. Would not surprise me to find out as the investigations proceed that they were the sources that the insurrectionists got their knowledge from about where Pelosi's office is and how to find their way around the building. Might even have helped some of the terrorists into the building. One of the insurrectionists has said that he had help from 3 House members.

[Aussie105]

20. . . . but I need muh gun!

Somebody on the floor might say something I don't like, and I need to defend myself!

DC laws are optional for her. She thinks. Somebody, stop her! She can explain to the judge.

[Rorey]

22. At the end

The gentleman at the bottom said she must have studied.....

No, she's been coached. She doesn't have the capacity to think up anything on her own, let alone study.

[Tiger8]

48. Coached by the Koch wing of the GOP

You know the billionaires just watching their drones destroy and generate chaos, as the billionaires continue to get away with looting the environment, the treasury....and anything else they get their hands on.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Bombs are not allowed. Her bag needs to be inspected for bombs, like ALL bags. But white privilege

She's been used to privilege all her life and thinks that being elected cements those and adds new privileges. Just because she proclaims a privilege, she doesn't get it.

Didn't Puerto Rican extremists bring bombs into the Capitol and set them off?

I bet she would cheer if Ilhan Omar's bag were to be searched.

[OldBaldy1701E]

34. Yep. (n/t)

[TNNurse]

24. She has school aged children, I think they need to be removed from the home

and put in social services care.

[niyad]

36. And then there is her husband, who, in 2004 (if I remember correctly) exposed himself to a minor

in a bowling alley. Great role models for their children.

[Cetacea]

25. Really bad time

for click bait.

But yeah, the new Palin.

[TNNurse]

26. Did she get in to vote?

I cannot seem to find that out. If so, why do we bother to have rules is you can break them like that?

I want her sent home or to jail, but never allowed in that building again..

[OldBaldy1701E]

37. That "rules" question

is asked by every non-white and poor person in this country on a minute by minute basis. The answer should be obvious. And, I agree that she should be removed from her position if she won't follow the very guidelines she swore to follow when she took her oath.

[Rebl2]

33. Should be

banned from the building altogether unless she goes through metal detectors. No one should be allowed in until they go through metal detectors. There are many high schools in this country that have metal detectors kids have to pass through to get in the building.

[raccoon]

39. What a crazy bitch. Nt

[Trueblue Texan]

40. uhhh...she's not exactly a law-abiding citizen if she's carrying a gun in D.C. nt

[randr]

41. She does not understand that someone could over power her

remove the gun and do some real damage.
She is a clueless Qanon idiot.

[Ohioboy]

44. Her big claim to fame is she ran a diner in Colorado that encouraged open carry

Firearms is her whole thing, not much else apparently.

[dalton99a]

47. Did anyone in her district finish high school?

Or did they stop after elementary/middle school, like her?