Matthew Brown and Sarah Elbeshbishi, USA TODAY
Sun, February 7, 2021, 4:19 PM
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Ayanna Pressley
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House Republicans call on Pelosi to pay fine for bypassing metal detector
House Republicans are arguing that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi must pay a fine for entering the floor of the House from the Speaker’s chamber and not passing through a metal detector, as required under a new rule adopted last week.
The new rule, requiring anyone entering the House chamber to comply with new security protocols, was passed by House Democrats who were concerned after some members said they’d come to the Capitol armed. Members who do not comply with the new measures face a fine of $5,000 for a first offense and $10,000 for a second offense.
Reps. Andrew Clyde, R.Ga., and Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, became the first House members to be fined under the new system on Friday after not complying with the new security protocols during a session of the House.
House Republicans allege that Pelosi also entered the floor of the House without undergoing the proper security checks.
"Yesterday at approximately 9:59 a.m. multiple members observed the Speaker of the House entering the House Chamber without completing security screening," a group of GOP members wrote in an open letter to the House acting sergeant in arms.
Peloi's office has not responded to the Republican lawmakers' allegation.
– Matthew Brown
Rep. Ayanna Pressley describes terror of hiding from 'white supremacist mob' on Jan. 6
One month after a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., reflected on the incident and its implications during an interview Sunday on CNN’s "State of the Union."
Pressley argued that the violent mob that ransacked the Capitol resulted "because, as a country, we have been turning the page," and not addressing systemic issues that plague the country socially and economically, like racism and inequality.
"If we really believe that this is a moment of reckoning in every way, then we must act accordingly," Pressley argued. "And that means that Donald J. Trump must be held accountable because he is culpable for having incited this insurrection by perpetuating this big lie."
