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In reply to the discussion: One more time, because anyone still spreading this crap about this Dem needs checking [View all]bigtree
(94,672 posts)26. okay I see where you got that. I'm going by his official statement
... so I'm wrong. You did not make it up.
I really, really wish you had. This is banal.
Bowmans office said it was an accident, and the congressman told reporters later Saturday: I was trying to get to a door. I thought the alarm would open the door, and I pulled the fire alarm to open the door by accident.
I was just trying to get to my vote and the door thats usually open wasnt open, it was closed, Bowman added.
...so he pulled the lever thinking the door would open.
Why? Most reasonable explanation is he thought it had something to do with the ridiculous process of opening the emergency door. I'd bet he pushed on it as well.
Why shouldn't there be conjecture in his defense? There's plenty trying to bury this Democrat right now. That's not a random concern. It's Mccarthy baying the loudest, and he's a habitual liar.
This is a big nothing. I think the pushback you're getting is because there isn't some other explanation that makes sense. There's only one concern. Was it nefarious?
Is he a vandal?
Is he a prankster?
Was he having a joke?
Frame this in a way that makes sense, because the rap on him which supposes he had some nefarious purpose, which is the ONLY reason anyone should look twice at this, is extremely remote.
Ridiculous, actually.
There.
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One more time, because anyone still spreading this crap about this Dem needs checking [View all]
bigtree
Oct 2023
OP
I have not seen any democrat suggesting it was Bowman's intent to delay the vote.
Ms. Toad
Oct 2023
#4
He may have incorrectly thought the fire alarm would open the door BECAUSE of the sign.
pnwmom
Oct 2023
#14
According to this post, the alarm was pulled long before the 417-0 vote occurred
MichMan
Oct 2023
#28
that's the real point, in response to the stupid nonsense that he was trying to stop a vote
bigtree
Oct 2023
#11
keep yer boots on, the poster found a quote where he said he said he 'pulled' the alarm
bigtree
Oct 2023
#27
There are doors that are wired to "activate" an alarm if you try to open them.
ShazzieB
Oct 2023
#36