GOP Rep. Andy Harris Tries To Bring Gun Into House Chamber

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Matt Fuller
@MEPFuller
Anyway, I’ll also note that Andy Harris almost got into a fight with some Democratic members on the House floor the night of the January 6th attack.

Given what we know now, it’s entirely possible he was carrying a gun at the time.

GOP Rep. Andy Harris Tries To Bring Gun Into House Chamber
Republicans keep complaining about the new metal detectors outside the House chamber. Now we know why.
huffpost.com
5:41 PM · Jan 21, 2021

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-congressman-gun-andy-harris_n_600a0874c5b674575ae423ae

[Freedomofspeech]

1. WTF is wrong with these Republicans?

They are the dregs of society.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. Their brains are saturated with unwarranted fears and resentments.....

thanks mostly to the right-wing media machine and RW think tanks.....

[Freedomofspeech]

9. Well, their insanity certainly brought a couple new screwballs into Congress. 🙄

[rickyhall]

21. Reality scares them

[turtleblossom]

2. How come CONservatives can't seem to handle conflicts without guns?

[Salviati]

8. because they are fearful small minded cowards

[elleng]

3. PIECE OF CRAP!

and he calls himself a doctor.

[FelineOverlord]

4. GOP Rep. Andy Harris Tries To Bring Gun Into House Chamber

We need to expel the entire Republican Party.

[electric_blue68]

5. Good! ENFORCE this! 2A bullshit!

[aaaaaa5a]

6. Was he successful in bringing a weapon onto the House Floor? Hopefully he was stopped. NT

[Chiyo-chichi]

10. He was stopped.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-congressman-gun-andy-harris_n_600a0874c5b674575ae423ae

[aaaaaa5a]

15. Thank you. NT

[madinmaryland]

11. He ran in 2010 as a teabagger against the ACA and won. When he took office the first

Thing he asked about is how does he sign up for government supplied healthcare. Class A douchebag.

[sprinkleeninow]

22. Oh, 'teabagger'. I thot it read FLEABAGGER. 😝 eom

[magicarpet]

12. No wonder they are so recalcitrant, flippant, and obnoxious.

If you give them too much lip service or argue with them, a team of ReThugs will whip out their side arms and unload their weapons into your cranial cavity.

Bang bang - bang bang,... over your dead body, we will not be passing that law.

These extreme right wing macho meatheads are so mentally deranged, none of them should have guns at the Capitol complex. Anywhere on the Capitol grounds.

Too unstable,... too Fascist,...too alpha male meathead, too politically inflexible ... and way too much blind party loyalty.

A bunch of sissy boys who are incapable or unable to intellectually defend their viewpoints in a rigorous debate. They need their security blanket of at all times having their Glock at their side to assert their masculinity.

Fuck them,.. sissy men.

[Wicked Blue]

13. +1000! nt

[magicarpet]

16. Bam bam,... Rep. Andrew Harris

SALISBURY, Md., Jan. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Former candidate for Congress, Mia Mason, who lost her election bid against incumbent Andrew Harris in Maryland's first congressional district has responded to Andy Harris's radical and dangerous behavior over the last weeks. Harris has been adamant in pushing conspiracy theories and lies around the integrity of the Presidential election.

Last night, after rioters and anarchists breached the Capitol Building, halting the formal process of counting electoral votes, Harris continued his claims, even shouting from the house floor and nearly fighting a fellow house representative.

Mason, who has been paying close attention to the congressman's behavior, began with "Andy Harris's behavior is a disgusting display of a politician who will do anything to try and agitate the new base of the Republican party. He has desecrated the office he holds and embarrassed the entire district to which he serves. He has done as much as anyone, including the President, to incite this riot and even when he saw what destruction his words helped to cause, he doubled down on pushing baseless conspiracy theories."

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mia-mason-responds-to-rep-andy-harriss-dangerous-behavior-301202993.html

[magicarpet]

17. Rep. Andrew Harris starts fight....

According to accounts from reporters in the room, Republicans became angry around 2 a.m. as Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania gave a speech claiming the violence was inspired by GOP “lies” about the election outcome.

“The members who are repeating those lies should be ashamed of themselves. Their constituents should be ashamed of them!” Lamb said.


NEWS
Reps. Andy Harris, Colin Allred nearly get in fistfight during vote on Joe Biden win
By Ebony Bowden

January 7, 2021 | 1:04pm


WASHINGTON — Tensions on Capitol Hill boiled over in the early hours of Thursday when a Democrat and a Republican lawmaker nearly got into a fistfight on the House floor and had to be separated by their colleagues.

Unbowed lawmakers returned to the chamber at 9 p.m. to continue a vote on President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory that was dramatically interrupted by supporters of President Trump who stormed the Capitol in a riot that left a woman shot dead.

According to accounts from reporters in the room, Republicans became angry around 2 a.m. as Democratic Rep. Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania gave a speech claiming the violence was inspired by GOP “lies” about the election outcome.

“The members who are repeating those lies should be ashamed of themselves. Their constituents should be ashamed of them!” Lamb said.


Republicans objected to the language, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) moved on.

A confrontation subsequently broke out in the background between Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), a 63-year-old US Navy veteran, and Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), a 37-year-old former NFL football player.

“He called me a liar!” Harris yelled in the chamber, according to an account by HuffPost reporter Matt Fuller.

PBS reporter Lisa Desjardins said she witnessed Harris also taunting Democrats before a fight broke out between Harris and Allred.

Dozens of lawmakers could be seen rushing to their feet in C-SPAN footage of the incident as Pelosi hopelessly banged her gavel in an attempt to break up the fight.

https://nypost.com/2021/01/07/reps-andy-harris-colin-allred-nearly-get-in-fist-fight-during-vote-on-joe-biden-win/

[exboyfil]

14. Looking for an excuse to provoke

and then shoot. Got to put your hands in your pockets when arguing with these morons.

[Bluethroughu]

26. 100% unfit for office, this is not a bar! This is our Democracy.

[frazzled]

18. Did Nancy fine him?

[Nevilledog]

19. UPDATE to story

Link to tweet

Tweet text:
Matt Fuller
@MEPFuller
·
Jan 21, 2021
This has now been confirmed by a Capitol official: Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) tried to bring a gun onto the House floor today.

(I also witnessed the whole thing and saw him try to give his gun to another member.)

GOP Rep. Andy Harris Tries To Bring Gun Into House Chamber
Republicans keep complaining about the new metal detectors outside the House chamber. Now we know why.
huffpost.com

Matt Fuller
@MEPFuller
There might be a reason Republicans are so upset about the metal detectors outside the House floor: Someone I talked to tonight (who would have a good sense of this situation) told me there are a lot more members than we think who go to the floor armed.

[Bluethroughu]

25. He is a danger to our Democracy.

[Jeebo]

20. That ought to be justification for censure or expulsion.

Censure and stiff fine for first offense, expulsion for second offense.

-- Ron

[Bluethroughu]

24. +1

[Bluethroughu]

23. They are unfit for office plain and simple.