{"id":119792,"date":"2021-02-06T15:59:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T20:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119792"},"modified":"2021-02-06T16:00:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T21:00:33","slug":"two-gop-reps-hit-with-5000-fines-under-new-house-security-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-gop-reps-hit-with-5000-fines-under-new-house-security-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Two GOP Reps Hit With $5,000 Fines Under New House Security Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Ftwo-gop-reps-hit-with-5000-fines-under-new-house-security-policy%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=119792&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\/02\/Capitol.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Two Republican congressmen were slapped with $5,000 fines this week after they were accused of skipping out on new security screenings when entering the House chamber.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-TX) and Congressman Andrew Clyde (R-GA) appear to be the first two lawmakers to face fines under the new measures, which were enacted on Tuesday following a party-line vote in the House,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/02\/06\/gohmert-clyde-security-fine\/\"><span>according<\/span><\/a> <span>to The Washington Post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Gohmert, who has served in Congress since 2005, released a statement Friday saying that he has been complying with the metal detector requirements, and that he was only receiving the fine because he left briefly to go to the bathroom in the Speaker\u2019s lobby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no time until yesterday did anyone mention the need to be wanded after entering the restroom directly in front of the guards. The three main entrances have metal detectors, but the House floor entrance from the Speakers\u2019 Lobby does not. Originally I had gone around the metal detectors a few times until it was mandated,\u201d said Gohmert.&nbsp;\u201cI explained to the Capitol Police officer that I had never been required to be screened again from the restroom immediately by the House floor since the metal detectors had been in place at the other doors. I said they had witnessed me walk the few feet to the men\u2019s room, enter and take the few steps back. No one ever mentioned or made that a requirement until yesterday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUnlike in the movie<\/span> <em><span>The Godfather<\/span><\/em><span>, there are no toilets with tanks where one could hide a gun, so my reentry onto the House floor should have been a non-issue,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clyde, a first-term congressman, told Laura Ingraham in a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/6229672255001#sp=show-clips\"><span>Fox News<\/span><\/a> <span>interview Friday that the security measures were a Constitutional issue: \u201cThose metal detectors are there to detain us, and that\u2019s a violation of Article 1 Section 6 of the Constitution,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re going to the House floor to vote, we represent 700,000 people in our districts, and the Constitution says that we cannot be impeded when we go to the floor to vote, and those metal detectors are unconstitutional,\u201d said the Georgia congressman.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Clyde also vowed to fight the $5,000 fine, then appeal it, and then take it to court on Constitutional grounds. \u201cWe\u2019re all set up to do that, but I had to have standing, Laura\u201d said Clyde, suggesting that he broke the rule on purpose in order to lobby a court challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Back in mid-January, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced the House would vote on new rules that would enact a $5,000 fine for entering the House chamber without going through security screenings in the aftermath of the Capitol riot. Every Republican lawmaker who was present voted against it,<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/house-metal-detector-compliance-capitol-rule-fine-95d9e12b-f137-40ed-82b5-eedbde728688.html\"><span>according<\/span><\/a> <span>to Axios. It still passed 216-210.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Should any member of Congress break the rule a second time, they would face a $10,000 fine. Fines will be deducted from a member\u2019s salary automatically, per the rule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Republican congressmen were slapped with $5,000 fines this week after they were accused of skipping out on new security screenings when entering the House chamber. 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