{"id":1078546,"date":"2021-12-02T22:44:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078546"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:44:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:44:08","slug":"nj-assembly-republicans-defy-statehouses-proof-of-vax-requirement-after-standoff-with-state-troopers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-assembly-republicans-defy-statehouses-proof-of-vax-requirement-after-standoff-with-state-troopers\/","title":{"rendered":"NJ Assembly Republicans Defy Statehouse&#039;s Proof of Vax Requirement After Standoff with State Troopers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnj-assembly-republicans-defy-statehouses-proof-of-vax-requirement-after-standoff-with-state-troopers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078546&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nurse-covid-19-coronavirus-vaccine-pfizer-2021-gettyimages-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">New Jersey state troopers blocked Republicans Assembly members from entering the statehouse in Trenton on Thursday before Republicans defied the rule and entered the Assembly chamber. A new coronavirus policy that went into effect Wednesday, which requires proof of vaccination or a negative coronavirus test from those who wish to enter the statehouse, was the catalyst for the conundrum. Late Thursday, a state judge stayed the order following a lawsuit filed by Republicans on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.906976744186\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GOP Asm. lawmakers being denied entry into Assembly chamber by NJ State Police for not showing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> vax cards or negative Covid test <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W87i1qUqkr\">pic.twitter.com\/W87i1qUqkr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Munoz (@DanielMunoz100) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielMunoz100\/status\/1466470153332404233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Half a dozen Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/coronavirus\/2021\/12\/republicans-defy-covid-vaccine-policy-at-the-nj-statehouse-ignoring-troopers-who-tried-to-stop-them.html\">refused<\/a> to provide documentation of vaccination or a negative test, according to NJ.com. Assemblyman Erik Peterson (<span>R-Hunterdon)&nbsp;<\/span>said, \u201c<span>This is tyranny, folks,\u201d and added,&nbsp;<\/span><span>\u201cThey\u2019re not letting the minority party vote.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cLiberty is dying right here on the floor,\u201d said Assemblyman Hal Wirths (R-Sussex) per Nj.com<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.984\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Troopers just stopped a few Republican members from entering the Assembly floor when they wouldn\u2019t show proof of a vaccine or test. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is tyranny,\u201d Erik Peterson said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gGgyoA7SlN\">pic.twitter.com\/gGgyoA7SlN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brent Johnson (@johnsb01) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnsb01\/status\/1466469454095790085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI know you\u2019re just doing your jobs. But this is horseshit,\u201d said Republican state Sen. Holly Schepisi as she showed her vaccine card to gain entry to the senate chambers, NJ.com reports.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following a fifteen-minute stalemate, troopers informed Brian Bergen (R-Morris) that they would not restrain the lawmakers if they entered, according to NJ.com. Bergen shared with his fellow Assembly members that the troopers would not \u201cphysically restrain us\u201d and added, \u201c<span>We can just walk past them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7109375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After being told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJSP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NJSP<\/a> troopers would not physically restrain them, Republican lawmakers breezed by the Assembly door after a 15 minute standoff and are inside the chamber awaiting the voting session. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/News12NJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@News12NJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Zdan (@ActualAlexZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ActualAlexZ\/status\/1466477326775078918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7226277372263\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The real enemy here is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJSenatePres?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NJSenatePres<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerCoughlin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerCoughlin<\/a> who have no regard for American values. They exist to perpetuate their own power. Although, thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EdDurr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EdDurr<\/a>, it&#8217;s not workin&#8217; out that well for old Steve though is it?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Spadea (@BillSpadea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillSpadea\/status\/1466480906676453376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans then <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinJRooney\/status\/1466499659527081999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1466499659527081999%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">took<\/a> their seats in the Assembly.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4153846153846\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking out from our bubble waiting on the speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5dzqexRQJ5\">pic.twitter.com\/5dzqexRQJ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin J. Rooney (@KevinJRooney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinJRooney\/status\/1466499659527081999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Shortly after the Republican assembly members took their seats, they were reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillSpadea\/status\/1466489894621040641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1466489894621040641%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">threatened<\/a> with physical removal, according to a tweet from NJ1015 radio host Bill Spadea.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.422950819672\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">State House Standoff: GOP legislators refusing to vacate chamber being threatened with physical removal if they do not prove vaccine status.  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CraigCoughlinNJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CraigCoughlinNJ<\/a> using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJSP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NJSP<\/a> to threaten violence to enforce his edict.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned, getting a bit tense in Trenton\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Spadea (@BillSpadea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillSpadea\/status\/1466489894621040641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaker Craig Coughlin reportedly threatened to have the assembly members, who did not comply with the order, removed from the chambers. Assemblywoman and Deputy Republican Whip Serena DiMaso <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sdimaso\/status\/1466491351147720708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1466494991472209922%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">** UPDATE** Speaker Coughlin has said that if we do not vacate the chambers in two hours we will be physically removed and\/or carried out. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@NJGOP&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@NJAssemblyGOP&nbsp;<\/span>standing strong!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.52\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">** UPDATE** Speaker Coughlin has said that if we do not vacate the chambers in two hours we will be physically removed and\/or carried out. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NJGOP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJAssemblyGOP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NJAssemblyGOP<\/a> standing strong! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PN2ONkAEk4\">pic.twitter.com\/PN2ONkAEk4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Serena DiMaso (@Sdimaso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sdimaso\/status\/1466491351147720708?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Minutes after DiMaso\u2019s tweet, Democrat leadership caved, and the \u201csecurity sweep\u201d was canceled, according to a follow-up tweet from the Republican deputy whip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.6285714285714\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Security sweep canceled!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Serena DiMaso (@Sdimaso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sdimaso\/status\/1466494991472209922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinJRooney\/status\/1466502566729199623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1466502566729199623%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">waited<\/a> patiently for their Democrat counterparts to join the assembly session.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Entire Assembly Republican caucus seated still waiting on Assembly Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wildstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@wildstein<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillSpadea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BillSpadea<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NJ_Politics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NJ_Politics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sdimaso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sdimaso<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPDePhillips?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CPDePhillips<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayWebberNJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JayWebberNJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/votebergen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@votebergen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3BJf3jnvt1\">pic.twitter.com\/3BJf3jnvt1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin J. Rooney (@KevinJRooney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinJRooney\/status\/1466502566729199623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaker Coughlin reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielMunoz100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1466509929343336451%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php\">took<\/a> the floor after the conundrum and called the Republican lawmakers\u2019 entrance into the chamber a \u201cpolitical stunt,\u201d&nbsp;according to a tweet from reporter Daniel Munoz of NJBiz. Coughlin also dubbed the New Jersey state trooper\u2019s security efforts as a \u201ccolossal failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.288401253918\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asm. Speaker Coughlin admonishes GOP&#8217;s &#8220;political stunt&#8221; of not showing vax card\/negative test, and says they chose to prioritize Covid outbreaks over public health.<\/p>\n<p>Says there was &#8220;colassal failure&#8221; from NJ Statehouse securoty\/state police <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mGhqrnliIA\">pic.twitter.com\/mGhqrnliIA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Munoz (@DanielMunoz100) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielMunoz100\/status\/1466509929343336451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The ordeal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatenj.com\/uploads\/Draft-Resolution-re-State-House-COVID-19-vaccination-policy-10.25.21.pdf\">centered<\/a> around a new coronavirus protocol that states in part:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p>All persons who wish to enter the Legislative State House, State House Annex and\/or Legislative Staff Building\/South Addition on committee days, voting sessions, quorum calls, and for any other meetings or gatherings, other than school tours, must show ID and proof of full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 PCR test conducted within the previous 72 hours.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The rule went into effect Wednesday and prompted Republicans in both the Senate and the Assembly to file a lawsuit in Superior Court aiming \u201cto block the policy, which a little-known state commission approved in October,\u201d according to NJ.com.<\/p>\n<p>Late Thursday, state Judge&nbsp;Allison Accurso <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/states\/new-jersey\/story\/2021\/12\/02\/judge-gives-gop-temporary-win-over-statehouse-vaccine-mandate-1397416\">granted<\/a> the stay request, and a hearing is set for December 13 so long as Accurso chooses to harken to oral arguments, according to <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1534391534392\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A state appellate judge has sided with the GOP legislators.<\/p>\n<p>The State House vax mandate is stayed; a hearing is scheduled for December 13th.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Rooney (@MattRooneyNJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattRooneyNJ\/status\/1466525000026972169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Jersey state troopers blocked Republicans Assembly members from entering the statehouse in Trenton on Thursday before Republicans defied the rule and entered the Assembly chamber. 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