{"id":120205,"date":"2021-02-07T13:17:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T18:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120205"},"modified":"2021-02-07T13:27:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T18:27:51","slug":"gop-rep-says-house-metal-detectors-unconstitutional-im-going-to-take-them-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-says-house-metal-detectors-unconstitutional-im-going-to-take-them-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep Says House Metal Detectors \u2018Unconstitutional\u2019 \u2014 \u2018I\u2019m Going to Take Them to Court\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fgop-rep-says-house-metal-detectors-unconstitutional-im-going-to-take-them-to-court%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=120205&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\/detector-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), who was hit with a $5,000 fine for allegedly bypassing metal detectors on his way to the House floor, plans to fight back, saying the metal detectors are unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a constitutional issue,\u201d Clyde said on Laura Ingraham\u2019s Fox News show. \u201cThose metal detectors are there to detain us or to \u2013 and that\u2019s a violation of Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution. We\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 Florida vote,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongressman, are you going to pay the $5,000? Are you going to pay the $5,000?\u201d Ingraham asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to fight it. I\u2019m going to appeal it. And then I\u2019m going to take them to court, because this is unconstitutional. We\u2019re all set up to do that. And \u2013 but I had to have standing, Laura,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut are you going to do it again, because it gets $10,000 next time, because it\u2019s like running up the tab here. Are you going to go \u2013 are you going to go through the metal detector next time?\u201d Ingraham asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve already done it at least a couple of times. That fine was for a couple of days ago. I\u2019ve had a couple of times since then, I think, so I\u2019m probably up to $25,000 by now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) last week reportedly docked $5,000 each from Clyde and Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Friday, Gohmert&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/gohmert.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399918\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\">addressed<\/a>&nbsp;the accusation that he broke the House Rule regarding metal detectors, saying, \u201cThis should come as no surprise, but Democrats are making up the rules as they go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he has complied with Pelosi\u2019s \u201cunconstitutional\u201d policy for weeks:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For weeks, I have complied with Speaker Pelosi\u2019s unconstitutional metal detector policy.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, after complying with the metal detector screening, I was allowed to enter the House session where debate was occurring. Knowing that I would soon be giving a speech, I stepped off the House floor to use the restroom right beside the Speaker\u2019s lobby as I have done many times since the metal detectors have been installed.<\/p>\n<p>At 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. I have been complying for weeks since.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Republicans say they\u2019re planning a \u201chuge push\u201d to force Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to pay a hefty fine after Pelosi reportedly skirted the metal detectors installed after the Jan. 6 riot inside the U.S. Capitol, defying her own rule requiring all members to submit to the increased security.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/calls-pelosi-pay-fine-she-imposed-bypass-metal-detector\">Fox News reports<\/a> that members of the House GOP caught Pelosi using an alternative entrance to the House \u2014 an entrance that allows the Speaker to bypass the new security measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/republicans-demand-pelosi-pay-fine-after-speaker-defies-new-rule-bypasses-house-metal-detectors\">Republicans Demand Pelosi Pay Fine After Speaker Defies New Rule, Bypasses House Metal Detectors<\/a><\/strong><\/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>Rep. 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