Republicans pledge a “massive push” to pressure House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., To pay the fine she imposed for bypassing magnetometers installed after the Capitol riot to move the House floor. enter.
Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., Gave Fox News his first-hand account of watching the speaker enter the House floor from a prohibited entrance on Thursday.
“She opened the session on the floor, she came through what is known as the speaker’s lobby,” Davis said. “We’ve all been told that a Republican was fined yesterday for this, that you can’t walk through those entrances unless you’re disabled.”
Pelosi’s office has not yet declined the account, despite requests for comment.
Representative Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, was fined $ 5,000 on Friday for bypassing metal detectors when he said he had left the House floor to use the bathroom.
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Davis called Pelosi’s actions part of a “typically good for you, not me kind of attitude that comes from San Francisco.”
“Pay the fine Speaker Pelosi,” wrote Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, on Twitter.
Crenshaw told Fox News that Pelosi had to pay the fine because her action “violated her own rules.”
“Is this a smart rule? No. Is this a logical rule? No of course not. But that’s not the point, the point is it’s her rules. She’s literally confiscated property in the form of money that we thinking is unconstitutional, but at least they do, ”the Texas Republican continued.
“She’s not going to obey the rules herself, so we’re going to make a huge difference for her to pay that fine,” Crenshaw said.
Davis called on Capitol Police to report the violation to Acting Sergeant-at-Arms, Timothy Blodgett, so he could impose the fine. Blodgett said Capitol Police did not report the incident on Friday.
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“Capitol police can’t just report Republican violations and look the other way when the most powerful person in the House, the speaker, ignores its own rules,” Davis said.
The House on Tuesday passed a measure requiring all members to pass magnetometers that Capitol Hill police set up outside the House’s room following the Capitol riot last month. Democrats had called for the measure after several Republicans claimed to be armed in the room during the January 6 riot. Members of Congress are allowed to carry firearms in the Capitol, but not on the floor.
Several Republican lawmakers, including Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Louie Gohmert of Texas flatly refused to walk through the metal detectors before entering the room – prompting Pelosi to fine for non-compliance.
Lawmakers are now fined $ 5,000 the first time they violate the new security protocols, followed by a $ 10,000 fine for each additional violation.
“Tragically, this move is necessary, but the People’s House room must and will be safe,” Pelosi said in a statement.
GOP lawmakers from the House Administration Committee sent a letter to Acting Sergeant-at-Arms Timothy Blodgett, requesting her be given the newly implemented $ 5,000 fine for failing to complete a security check before entering the House floor.
“Yesterday, at about 9:59 a.m., several members saw the Speaker of the House enter the Chamber without completing the security check,” the Republicans wrote in a letter obtained by Fox News on Friday.
“What was observed was a clear violation of House Resolution 73 and under house rules you are required to impose this fine. Please let us know once the fine is established,” they continued. “We look forward to a prompt response to this inquiry.”
Republicans have largely viewed the magnetometers as an ineffective inconvenience, arguing that threats like the one seen Jan. 6 are not coming from fellow lawmakers.
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“If you are a liberal, there is a tendency to take action, even if that action is not effective,” Crenshaw said of the new House floor metal detectors and the fine for bypassing them. “There is a tendency for virtue detection, even if it is not effective.”