Column: Kevin McCarthy can't govern, so he resorts to cynical stunts like reading the Constitution aloud for 43 minutes (via latimesopinion)
The House has no leader, just one unmoored individual handing out committee assignments to even wilder fringe figures.But one part of all this is not just performative and harmless; it could have meaningful consequences. That’s getting rid of the weapons detectors at the entrance to the House chamber.
You may not have been aware this was a contentious issue on Capitol Hill. But it seems that after the events of Jan. 6, 2021, several metal detectors were installed to help enforce the rule that guns are prohibited on the floor of the House. This didn’t go over well with members of the lunatic fringe of the GOP who objected to having to go through the machines the same way the public did, and chafed under the restriction on their ability to carry guns wherever they wanted.
Rep. Lauren Boebert , for instance, on at least one occasion refused to hand her bag over to Capitol police to be searched even after it set off the magnetometer. Boebert is an outspoken gun rights enthusiast who often carries a Glock pistol.Rep. Andy Biggs , then the leader of the House Freedom Caucus, told Axios that “I’m fine” with members carrying guns around the Capitol. Marjorie Taylor Greene said she’s against “ALL gun-free zones.”Nope, apparently we can’t even agree on that.
The Capitol was the scene of violence even before Jan. 6, 2021. In 1856, for instance, Sen. Charles Sumner, an abolitionist Republican from Massachusetts, was
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