"Repubs took cellphones into the secure area, which is a huge violation"

[Dennis Donovan]

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Geoff Bennett ✔ @GeoffRBennett

Laura Cooper’s scheduled deposition has been upended by a group of House Republicans storming the hearing room, members say. Repubs took cellphones into the secure area, which is a huge violation. We’re told the room will need a security sweep before the deposition can continue.

11:57 AM - Oct 23, 2019

WTF are we witnessing?

[NightWatcher]

1. This is the coup. The entire repuke party is involved.

They are actively subverting the Constitution.

[2naSalit]

2. +1

It can't be seen as anything less than that.

[FirstLight]

5. Yep

And I'm worried that it my break the country 😔

[Dennis Donovan]

8. I almost wrote that, but thought it was hyperbolic

I think you're spot-on - slo-mo, but a coup against the Constitution, totally.

[Newest Reality]

11. I have had a feeling that it was...

for some time now, based on their behaviors and reactions and Trump's clear and intense disdain for our Constitution and democracy.

It is moving in slow motion and it is not the kind we might expect, but then, nobody says it happens in the same way as in other countries and times.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Seize their phones

and scour their accounts for confidential materials. Isn't that the proper thing to do?

[MagickMuffin]

4. To answer your question: A MASSIVE COVERUP by GOPutins Party

Subverting the Oath of Office by NOT defending the US Constitution.

These tactics are going to cost them.

[Claritie Pixie]

6. Obstruction. Arrest those who did this.

[RT Atlanta]

7. certainly seems deliberate....

Like it was planned and coordinated by the repubs to slow things down and cause a delay.

[OnDoutside]

9. If proof be needed that Democrats are doing the right thing.

[pnwest]

10. I'm starting to become really afraid.

Up until now, worried and scared. But now, real fear at the possibility of them succeeding with this coup attempt. It appears that they truly will stop at nothing.

[eShirl]

12. the Republicans are (still) thugs

shame on them

[eleny]

13. Censure them

It may be a slap on the wrist but at least they have to receive the censure publicly.

"...a censure is "a form of public shaming in which the politician must stand before his peers to listen to the censure resolution"."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censure_in_the_United_States

[Control-Z]

22. At the very least,

do this. Televise it too - cameras everywhere - so the public knows exactly what is being done about their criminal behavior.

[TeamPooka]

14. Not the first time Republicans have used storm trooper tactics

Not the first time Republicans have used storm trooper tactics
That is what they did to disrupt the Florida recount in the year 2000, stormed in and disrupt everything to create chaos

[Dennis Donovan]

15. Yup!!

Brooks Brothers Riot - but even they managed to follow the law...

[Bayard]

16. Seize them!!

And their cell phones!

[tblue37]

17. Whatever level of security clearance they have should be lost to them. nt

[DesertRat]

18. Malcolm Nance says they should be charged with trespassing

Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance
Wait!!? Republicans tried to storm a Secure Classified Information Facility (SCIF) where TOP SECRET +++ information is stored & shared? ITS A TOP SECRET FACILITY RUN BY THE CIA/DOD & GUARDED BY TS/SCI CLEARED ARMED POLICE. This isn’t a joke anymore. Charge them with trespass.

Penalty for unauthorized entry is immediate suspension of their SECRET clearances & their photos at guard shed for future forceable removal.

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[Dennis Donovan]

19. He's a million percent right!

Breaching NatSec is a serious crime!!!

[regnaD kciN]

20. Anyone remember the "Brooks Brothers riot" in 2000...?

[smirkymonkey]

21. Arrest them!

This should not be tolerated! If they were Democrats, they would be in jail by now.

[Dennis Donovan]

23. There needs to be CONSEQUENCES!

How dare these fucks defy the Constitution!!!!!!

ENOUGH of their shit!!!!