Metal detectors infuriate lawmakers as some Republicans erupt over new measures
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics … index.html"There are concerns about the gun-toting members, but also we don't know who they're going to bring to the inauguration who can bypass the metal detectors," another House Democrat said. "Until there's an investigation and until we understand our colleagues' level of complicity in the attack, we don't know how involved they really were. Until we have answers, I don't think we should trust them -- not all of them of course, but some of them."
It's a fair point, I think. During the demonstration, Republicans (notably the new one from Colorado(?)) were fanning the flames of fraud conspiracy.
That Democrat noted that some of the House Republicans went onto the chamber's floor after last week's attack and continued to share debunked conspiracies about the 2020 election. That Democrat added that some refused to wear masks while they were sheltering in place and now at least three Democrats have tested positive for Covid-19.
Some Democrats aren't happy about the metal detectors, either.
"I'm more likely to die of Covid because I got it from a colleague than I am to die because a colleague shoots me," Texas Rep. Filemon Vela, a Democrat, told CNN.
Another fair point, I guess, but I don't know what new gun rules have to do with masks.
"It is a shame that Nancy Pelosi is trying to disarm Members of Congress in the very place that needed more protection on January 6," she said in a statement. "It is clear metal detectors would not have deterred the violent acts we saw; this political stunt does nothing to improve the safety of Members in the Capitol complex."
Excuse me, did any of the armed congressmembers join the police line? I thought they were holed up with Democrats infecting them with their non-mask-wearing exhalations.
Why the heck do we need guns there? Complete political stunt packing.