BREAKING: Paul Ryan Calling In Senate Police To Forcibly Remove Democrats At Sit-In (DETAILS)

[Hissyspit]

http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/22/breaking-paul-ryan-calling-in-senate-police-to-forcibly-remove-democrats-at-sit-in-details/

[RandySF]

1. The Sergeant-at-Arms, most likely.

[lapfog_1]

2. this will not go well for the repukes

[BootinUp]

3. For every action there is a reaction, however much delayed, it will come. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Omigod, the dirty bastard.

I cannot believe the lengths he will go to to stop the truth from getting out.

[madamesilverspurs]

5. Maybe he's the one

who sent in Louie Gohmert in an attempt to disrupt/disperse them.

Didn't work

Actually, can't imagine any of the Senate police would want to be the one to restrain and remove John Lewis. Unreal.

[rjsquirrel]

20. Paul Ryan knows that I think

Wrong side of history, time to choose Mr. Speaker.

[mucifer]

6. The Dems are recording it with periscope.

[pokerfan]

39. It should be on C-Span

and all the networks. What's next, tear gas?

[mucifer]

48. It is on cspan. I don't have cable tv so I don't know if it's on tv but

it is on cspan.org It's just being taped on someone's phone and going out on periscope. So it's a feed compared to the true cspan cameras. But, kudos to cspan to ignoring the direction of the gop when their cameras were turned off!

[Dawson Leery]

7. Paul Ryan is from the same right flank that wanted to

make an alliance with Hitler over Stalin. This is the American right. Pure facsist trash.
Churchill and DeGaulle understood you had to go with Stalin to take out Hitler, then deal with Stalin.

[spooky3]

8. Bring it on, Paul Ryan, you phony jerk. If it weren't for

Gerrymandering, this completely immoral lack of respect for the American people would lead to the ouster of many of your members this fall.

[C_U_L8R]

9. This will backfire big time

It may likely end up with millions of us on the capital steps.
Fuck guns. We have a reasonable right to not be shot at.

[Recursion]

10. IIRC they tried this when Packwood was refusing a quorum call years and years ago

The sergeant at arms ended up injuring Packwood while trying to drag him onto the floor and the whole thing blew up in Byrd's face

[Purveyor]

11. Looks like a large crowd gathering in support outside the House. We are watching memorable

history here folks!

[Doctor Jack]

12. Hmmmmm

Seems like a bad idea. But I doubt the Speaker of the House would listen to this passive observer. Probably just have to wait for this to bite him in the ass later.

[msongs]

13. nothing like that happening on the live video from the house nt

[irisblue]

14. Ryan you have ordered Capitol police to lay hands on electedmembers

Someone screen shot when the police get to Rep John Lewis....

[Dawson Leery]

16. Should Democrats win the House this Fall

which is certainly probable due to Trump, Ryan's district should be starved in appropriations.

[Takket]

15. everyone still speaking in the House. no sign of police.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. I don't think that can happen...

The Speech or Debate Clause of the Constitution (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1) says that members of both Houses of Congress "shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses, and in going to and from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."

[appal_jack]

28. Yes.

Let's hope the Sergeant at Arms respects this provision of the Constitution.

I don't even agree with many of the gun control proposals being floated, but no way do I want see armed police arresting Democrats for engaging in spirited debate on this issue!

Ryan is a thin-skinned ass. This sort of thing happens in many Parliaments on a weekly basis. Ryan would not survive a day in Britain, or many other countries' legislatures.

-app

[SoCalMusicLover]

31. They Are Not In Session

"Privileged from Arrest during attendance at the Session, and for any Speech or Debate." This is none of those sadly. Which is the whole point.

[joshcryer]

43. Nah, this falls under "legitimate legislative activity."

Ryan ain't going to do shit.

[TeamPooka]

44. What makes you think the Republicans give a shit about the Constitution?

[Egnever]

18. That should make for some great optics

One wonders where the genius is in this supposed boy genius. Turning off the cameras was not bad enough now this?

[Skittles]

19. HAHAHAHA

WHAT AN ASSHOLE

[DonCoquixote]

21. how much ya wanna bet

This is his audition for the convention?

[rhett o rick]

24. My money is on Mittens Romney. nm

[rbrnmw]

26. yes Rmoney will lose again

[uponit7771]

22. Amen and Amen!!!

[applegrove]

32. He's so sleezy. And he wants AR 15s everywhere so that rich people

don't have to pay taxes.That is all it boils down to.

[irisblue]

25. I got bail money for my Rep Beatty & Sen Brown

we gotta stick together

[rbrnmw]

29. Ohioian here I am with you we should do a Gofundme if they are arrested

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. They won't be. They can't because of the Speech and Debate Clause

of the Constitution. Members of Congress are immune from arrest when acting in their capacity as congresspeople.

[tallahasseedem]

27. Good optics for us...

the ads practically write themselves!

[fishwax]

33. That seems like a really stupid move, which could backfire in all sorts of ways. Which means there's

a chance Ryan could actually try it.

[Generic Brad]

34. Paul Ryan is clearly in over his head

If there was a "Dump Trump" movement that Ryan was trying to capitalize on, this will derail that plan.

[chillfactor]

35. Ryan is enough of a nutcase.....

to do something this stupid............and it would blow up in his face...

[Rex]

36. Turdlings

[L. Coyote]

37. So, what happened? Nothing, right?

Adam Khan @Khanoisseur
wow @RepDuckworth who lost both legs in Iraq War smuggled her phone into #NoBillNoBreak sit-in in her prosthetics

[ailsagirl]

38. That sniveling little bastard

[blackspade]

40. WTF?

Screw yourself Ryan.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

41. If so, he has lost the battle. Bad move.

[stopbush]

42. Paul Ryan makes John Boehner look like Tip O'Neill.

[Gabi Hayes]

46. fuck that bloated pig. he was instrumental in destroying the nascent presidency of Jimmy Carter.

think I'm making it up?

the dems were just as much, if not MORE, at fault than the pugs and the media for not even allowing Carter to even attempt to institute his moderately progressive agenda.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Walter_Karp/Reaction_Launched_LUS.html

then read what happened to his very first prospective nominee, former hard core cold warrior from the Kennedy admin, Ted Sorensen (for CIA director) at the same link. remember The Committee for the Present Danger, an amalgam of war mongering loons from both parties, devoted to the continuation of the MIC, and who saw Carter as anathema, with his intent on cooling down relations with the Soviets. Hence the infamously scurrilous Team B fiasco.

long slog, some overly tendentious writing, but part of a great book, Liberty Under Siege, by Walter Karp.

[99th_Monkey]

45. Well, the Dems are still "at it" ... Ha ha ha. Fuck you Paul Ryan. nt

[riversedge]

47. that must have been a rumor.