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House Republicans are demanding Nancy Pelosi be given a taste of her own medicine and be fined $5,000 after she was allegedly seen breaking her own security rules at the Capitol.  The House Speaker is accused of ignoring the metal detectors she had installed outside the House Chamber in the wake of the January 6 riots, days after she fined two lawmakers for committing the same offense.  In a letter written to acting Sergeant at Arms Timothy Blodgett Friday, GOP members of the Committee on House Administration claimed Pelosi was seen entering the House Chamber Thursday morning 'without completing security screening.' 'What was observed was a clear violation of House Resolution 73 and you are required by House Rules to impose this fine,' they wrote, referring to the new House security rules.  'We are demanding she face the same fines as every other member of Congress,' they said in a tweet of the letter.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (pictured on … [Read more...] about House Republicans accuse Nancy Pelosi of breaking her own rules and demand she be fined $5,000 after she was seen ignoring metal detectors she installed at the Capitol after the riot

A GROUP of Republicans have demanded Nancy Pelosi be fined for violating House security rules she introduced herself. The calls came just hours after it was revealed the House Speaker docked $5,000 each from the pay of two GOP congressmen for breaking her new orders. The House this week introduced new security rules following the January 6 assault on Capitol Hill. The new orders require lawmakers to pass through security screening, including metal detectors, erected outside the House chamber. Those who refuse to comply will be fined $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for a second. Nancy Pelosi said in a statement on Tuesday that days after the attack, “many House Republicans began disrespecting our heroes by refusing to adhere to basic precautions keeping members of our congressional community safe — including by dodging metal detectors, physically pushing past police, and even attempting to bring firearms into the chamber.”“It is beyond comprehension why … [Read more...] about Nancy Pelosi should be fined $5K for ‘violating House security rules SHE introduced following Capitol riot,’ GOP says

Nancy Pelosi slammed a "cowardly" Republican party and Mitch McConnell after Trump survived his second impeachment vote. The Democrat Speaker of the House's comments came as she stormed a press briefing House managers were holding following Trump's acquittal in the Senate . The Senate voted 57 to 43 on Saturday – falling short of the two-thirds needed to convict Trump , effectively acquitting him. "It had not been my intention to come to this press availability," she told reporters. Pelosi seethed: "What we saw in that Senate today was a cowardly group of Republicans who apparently have no options, or because they were afraid to defend their job, respect the institution in which they serve." She later told the crowd: "Why I came over was because I listened to Mitch McConnell. "For him to get up there and make this indictment against the president and then say 'But I can't vote for it because it's after the fact.' The fact that he established. The fact that … [Read more...] about Nancy Pelosi slams ‘cowardly’ GOP and Mitch McConnell after Trump survives impeachment vote as she storms briefing

LAWYERS for Donald Trump have slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her "sheer hypocrisy" and "perverting the truth", in a brief filed on the eve of the Senate impeachment trial. They also claim Democrats seized the opportunity "to score Trump's legal team claim his political opponents have been "fixating on words and sentences taken out of context" and pushing a false narrative of the deadly insurrection. The 75-page document attacks Pelosi for "adjusting the truth" and "quoting him out of context" in regards to his speech as President Biden's election win was being certified, which is key evidence in the trial. The House of Representatives quickly hit back with a unrelenting response declaring that, "each and every allegation in the Article of Impeachment is true, and that any affirmative defenses and legal defenses set forth in the Answer are wholly without merit." They vowed to hold Trump accountable for his "categorically unacceptable conduct" and "constitutional crimes … [Read more...] about Trump’s impeachment lawyers accuse Pelosi of encouraging violent ‘uprisings’ and ‘perverting the truth’

A REPUBLICAN representative slammed Nancy Pelosi this week for "ignoring anti-Semitic comments" and urged for some Democrats to be removed after Marjorie Taylor Greene's vote. Mario Diaz-Balart, a member of the US House who represents Florida's 25th Congressional District, took to Twitter on Thursday night following the overall decision to oust Greene from her committee assignments. QAnon Rep Greene was removed from the Education and Labor, and House Budget Committees for pushing wild conspiracy theories about the Parkland shooting and 9/11. Green previously claimed the 2018 California wildfires were started by "Jewish space lasers" and supported calls for violence against Pelosi and other Democratic officials.  Díaz-Balart, 59, began his Twitter-rant by saying: "I’ve previously stated that MTG’s comments are unacceptable, & today I voted to remove her from her committee assignments. "These are also members I’ve consistently said … [Read more...] about GOP rep SLAMS Pelosi for ‘ignoring anti-Semitic comments’ and demands Dems be removed after Marjorie Taylor Greene vote