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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRepublican stunt backfires when Capitol Police are called to investigate their 'suspicious' package
Apparently the NRCC sent some frontline Democrats moving boxes after the impeachment vote, but because the boxes looked like suspicious packages, Capitol Police were called to investigate.
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Republican stunt backfires when Capitol Police are called to investigate their suspicious packages
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Published 12 hours ago on October 31, 2019
The House of Representatives voted on the rules for impeachment Thursday, setting up the House investigation. However, the mockery of Democrats by Republicans turned into a serious incident for the GOP.
According to congressional Huffington Post reporter Matt Fuller, the GOP sent moving boxes to some Democrats who voted on the rules bill. The boxes appeared outside of Congressional offices with bows on them, which ended up being a huge security flag to the Capitol Police. .....................
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Republican stunt backfires when Capitol Police are called to investigate their 'suspicious' package (Original Post)
riversedge
Nov 2019
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edbermac
(15,941 posts)1. You'll have to forgive them.
They dont do humor very well.
DFW
(54,405 posts)2. The shortest book in the Library of Congress
"Republican Humor Since 1900" by I. B. Laffing
Jim__
(14,077 posts)3. So many republican pols act like over-aged frat boys.
When they turn 40, or at least by 50, you would think they could leave that behind.
Captain Zero
(6,811 posts)4. Or, was it a subtle threat?
no, no, no, we were just joking around, don't you get it?
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)7. Exactly.
gab13by13
(21,360 posts)5. The only legislating that I recall
House Republicans doing in the last decade was trying to repeal Obamacare.
lastlib
(23,248 posts)8. And tax cuts for billionaires.......
SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)6. Democrats should send each republican in Congress....
a copy of The Constitution of the United States of America. Then we should have a Constitutional Attorney read and explain it to them, because they apparently haven't read it, or they don't understand what they read.
tanyev
(42,568 posts)9. Keep the boxes handy! They can offer them back to any Republican that needs them next year.
pwb
(11,276 posts)10. They all think they are so clever.
Not.