Saturday, September 30, 2023

Jamaal "Bonehead" Pulls Fire Alarm Inside U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) has taken attention off Republican infighting by pulling the fire alarm inside the U.S. Capitol.

Straight up stunting.

Republicans have about House 30 members who get on the party's nerves. Democrats have 25 House members as well. There are 90 members who are worthless. I won't say all their names but this one in particular is up there.

This former school principal decides to do something his former students likely face discipline.

New York Democratic do nothing lawmaker decides to pull the fire alarm. It was condemned by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and the U.S. Capitol Police.

There will be repercussions and likely a boot from his committees.

The Squad's Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) decided to take the attention off the inability for Republicans to govern to this reckless decision to react to the party's last minute passage of keeping the government open.

His antics really became the talk of the nation. McCarthy erroronously claimed this was Jan. 6 all over again. 

McCarthy has some nerve to say that. He did not vote to impeach Washed Up 45 for siccing a mob of his supporters on the U.S. Capitol on the false claims that the election against Joe Biden was stolen. 

McCarthy threatens punishment on Bowman but not Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Lauren Boebert or Paul Gosar.

The fire alarm sounded out around noon in the Cannon House Office Building and prompted a building-wide evacuation at a time when the House was in session and staffers were working in the building. The building was reopened an hour later after Capitol Police determined it was not a threat.

The GOP-controlled House Administration Committee, which oversees issues pertaining to the Capitol complex, posted a picture of a person pulling the fire alarm who appeared to be Bowman.

The New York lawmaker told reporters hours later that it was a mistake and that he was rushing to get to votes and was trying to get through a door that is usually open, but was closed due to it being a weekend. 

That is a bold face lie.

Bowman is known for his attention grabbing stunts. He literally went outside his district to troll Washed Up 45 being criminally charged in New York City. He confronted Republican do nothing lawmaker Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) who was outside her district as well. His argument with do nothing lawmaker Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) was disrupted by Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) who kindly reminded the two that they are brothers who represent Black America.

“I thought it would help me open the door,” he said about pulling the trigger, denying that it was an effort to stall anything.

His frustration with Republicans passing a bill he eventually backed became the latest stunt.

Capitol Police said in a statement late Saturday that an “investigation into what happened and why continues.”

At the time of the evacuation House Democrats were working to delay a vote on a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open. They said they needed time to review the 71-page bill that Republicans abruptly released to avoid a shutdown.

The funding package was ultimately approved 335-91 on Saturday afternoon, with most Republicans and almost all Democrats — including Bowman — supporting the bill.

After the vote, Republicans, including House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, criticized Bowman over the fire alarm. Some lawmakers even floated the idea of drafting a motion to expel or censure him from the House.

“This should not go without punishment,” McCarthy told reporters. “This is an embarrassment.”

He added that he plans to talk with the Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York to figure out a possible response.

But Jeffries met with Bowman shortly after the vote and Bowman said his fellow New York colleague was “supportive.”

“He understood that it was a mistake and that’s all it was,” he said. Bowman added that the reaction from McCarthy and other Republicans is dishonest.

"(McCarthy’s) trying to weaponize a mistake of me coming, rushing to get to a vote as something nefarious when it wasn’t,” he said.

It is likely he will face a fine, sanctions, the possibility of being booted from his committee and be censured. He could be removed from Congress but it is unlikely.

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