Republicans are guaranteeing a “huge push” to force House Speaker Nancy Pelosi into paying the fine she imposed for bypassing magnetometers she had installed to enter the House floor.
Representative Rodney Davis recalled his firsthand account of witnessing the speaker enter the House floor from a restricted entrance on Thursday.
Davis said, “She opened the session on the floor, she came through what is known as the Speaker’s lobby.”
“We are all told, one Republican was fined for doing this just yesterday,” he added, “that you cannot walk through those entrances unless you are disabled.”
Representative Louie Gohmert was charged with a $5,000 fine for bypassing metal detectors when he claims to have left the House floor to use the restroom.
Davis referred to Pelosi’s actions as a “typical good for thee, not for me type of attitude that comes out of San Francisco.”
“Pay the fine Speaker Pelosi,” Representative Dan Crenshaw demanded on Twitter and later added that Pelosi should pay because her action was “against her own rules.”
“Now is this a smart rule? No. Is this a rule that makes sense?” Crenshaw asked. “No of course not. But that’s not the point, the point is they’re her rules. She’s literally confiscated property in the form of money, which we think is unconstitutional, but in any case, they’re doing it.”
“She won’t abide by the rules herself so we’re going to make a huge push for her to actually have to pay that fine,” Crenshaw added.
“Capitol Police cannot only file reports of violations on Republicans and look the other way when the most powerful person in the House, the speaker, flouts her own rules,” Davis said.
Davis reported Pelosi’s violation to the acting Sergeant-at-Arms Timothy Blodgett of the Capitol Police so he could issue the fine.