MTG is showing, on the House Floor, nude photos of Hunter Biden having sex

[Effete Snob]

142. How about publication of stolen classified material?

That's also a felony.

They tried it against DEMOCRATIC Senator Mike Gravel when he read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.

Yes, those were misappropriated state secrets - which is categorically more sensitive that someone's nude pictures. And, yes, it would have been a violation of federal law but for the fact that he was a Senator engaged in a speech in the Senate. Period. End of story.

They tried it against DEMOCRATIC Rep. John Murtha when he referred to a massacre in Iraq as a war crime.

I expect the other side to piss on the Constitution. I don't expect our side to do it.

Is she a Congressperson? Yes.

Is she making a speech in a Congressional proceeding? Yes.

Then she is immune.

Maybe if it happens enough times, we amend the Constitution to fix it. But most of the time, it protects DEMOCRATS from the fucking fascists on the other side.

I guess what gets me riled up about this stuff is the fascist impulse comes so casually.