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House GOP feels threatened: McMorris Rodgers calls in the sheriff

BY JOEL CONNELLY, SEATTLEPI.COM Updated 7:41 pm, Tuesday, February 7, 2017






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U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., chair of the House Republican Conference, confronted chants of "save our healthcare" at a Martin Luther King Day celebration in Spokane last month. She has now called in the sheriff -- U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., a former King County sheriff -- to explore how to protect GOP House members from protests by those who want to preserve the Affordable Care Act.
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Republicans in the House of Representatives, who egged on anti-Obama Tea Party demonstrators in 2009, are feeling threatened by "save our healthcare" protests at their town hall meetings and held a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss self-protection.


House Republican Conference chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., called in the sheriff -- Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash. -- who lets no occasion go by without mentioning that he used to be King County sheriff.

McMorris Rodgers, who tightly choreographs appearances in her Eastern Washington district, encountered spontaneous peaceful protest at a Martin Luther King Day celebration last month in Spokane.

"Save our healthcare!' members of the crowd chanted. McMorris Rodgers has relentlessly called for the abolition of Obamacare.

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Reichert told Politico, in the corridor outside the Washington, D.C., meeting, that organizers defending the Affordable Care Act are showing up at House offices and flooding them with protest calls.

"It's not that you run from protesters, but if someone presents some sort of physical threat or (is) espousing a verbal threat that could lead to a physical threat, if you feel that you're in danger and your staff is in danger, call 911 and leave and go out the back door," Reichert said.
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The out-the-back-door approach can backfire. ......................................