There are some new comments out tonight from Rep. Lauren Boebert R-CO about the US Capitol attack that I want to discuss in a thread, because I've been asked repeatedly about this matter.
Her press release can be found at boebert.house.gov/media/press-re…
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Her press release can be found at boebert.house.gov/media/press-re…
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Boebert has received a lot of attention for this tweet, which she sent out as Trump supporters were clashing with police and breaking into the Capitol, threatening House and Senate members who were debating challenges to Arizona's electoral college votes. 2/ 
Boebert today said of her tweet and attacks from Democrats: "They accuse me of live-tweeting the Speaker’s presence after she had been safely removed from the Capitol, as if I was revealing some big secret, when in fact this removal was also being broadcast on TV."
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But if you go back and watch the tape of the House floor proceedings, it would not have been apparent at all to the viewer that Speaker Pelosi had been removed by security.
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Pelosi left during a speech by Rep. Paul Gosar R-AZ, and the House floor cameras were on Gosar. Two minutes or so in, he asked for order.
"Madam, ah," Gosar started, quickly correcting himself to say, "Mr. Speaker," when he spotted Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) in the chair. 4/
"Madam, ah," Gosar started, quickly correcting himself to say, "Mr. Speaker," when he spotted Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) in the chair. 4/
Pelosi's departure would have been immediately obvious to lawmakers on the floor, or anyone in the House Chamber, but not TV viewers.
The same type of thing played out over in the Senate as the attackers closed in. /fin
The same type of thing played out over in the Senate as the attackers closed in. /fin
More on Boebert tonight. Her GOP colleagues are pointing fingers at her as well.
https://twitter.com/scottwongDC/status/1348816203075170307
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