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mcar

(42,340 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 05:44 PM Jan 2021

Speaker Pelosi FTW!


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NEW: Speaker Pelosi implementing FINES for members who don't wear a mask on the House floor

$500 fine for first offense.

$2,500 for second office.

Fines will be deducted from Member pay (no use of campaign funds or MRA for fines).
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Speaker Pelosi FTW! (Original Post) mcar Jan 2021 OP
Ooooooh! Fines will be deducted from Member pay blaze Jan 2021 #1
GOOD! calimary Jan 2021 #80
This is a woman who is entirely tired of the children's bullshit Sympthsical Jan 2021 #2
"Behold her field of fucks, for they are barren." DEbluedude Jan 2021 #4
Even better: volstork Jan 2021 #26
... DEbluedude Jan 2021 #27
One of my favorites catchnrelease Jan 2021 #33
I printed it out and framed it volstork Jan 2021 #34
That's really appropriate catchnrelease Jan 2021 #42
i have never seen that saying before.. samnsara Jan 2021 #45
I don't know the origin catchnrelease Jan 2021 #47
It's a meme based upon the Bayeux Tapestry. volstork Jan 2021 #73
I knew it was based on the Tapestry catchnrelease Jan 2021 #82
There are some really fun ones! volstork Jan 2021 #83
Stealing. NT mwooldri Jan 2021 #72
What a great way to start the day. 2Legit Jan 2021 #76
She is a badass! mcar Jan 2021 #36
Poetry on fucks left to give. Memorializing it for our family's future. n/t MFGsunny Jan 2021 #62
This message was self-deleted by its author DEbluedude Jan 2021 #3
WOW She's got balls DLCWIdem Jan 2021 #5
she's right bdamomma Jan 2021 #7
Actually, they're ovaries. But I'll be damned if she doesn't employ them ... 11 Bravo Jan 2021 #10
Yep, it's a gang. I'm a proud member. Here's the hand sign. littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 #18
LOVE IT! Hekate Jan 2021 #49
❤ nt littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 #53
Thank you for changing the verbage. Delmette2.0 Jan 2021 #30
Balls have proven to be useless. Traildogbob Jan 2021 #14
Yep. I missed it. I stand corrected. Ovaries of steel. 😀😉😃 DLCWIdem Jan 2021 #23
Maybe.... volstork Jan 2021 #28
I like to refer to her "balls" as MontanaMama Jan 2021 #24
She's got ovaries mcar Jan 2021 #37
No, dear, she has OVARIES. Solid brass ones. niyad Jan 2021 #51
I think Betty White said it best... Fritz Walter Jan 2021 #79
You go, Madam Speaker! VA_Jill Jan 2021 #6
Exactly. nt iluvtennis Jan 2021 #16
I wonder how many repub members are actually dependent on their House salary. notinkansas Jan 2021 #8
Let's ask Duncan Hunter Jr. about using campaign funds for personal expenses... Zorro Jan 2021 #12
Lock them out. You can't even walk into a procon Jan 2021 #9
Need to extend it beyond the House floor SeattleVet Jan 2021 #11
$1000 fine is in place in Washington DC for public places. Just match that mjvpi Jan 2021 #25
I believe that she can control only the House floor and maybe offices. Blue_true Jan 2021 #59
Yep, that what I said, too. SeattleVet Jan 2021 #69
I applaud her for this action, but what is blocking her from making them mandatory Ferrets are Cool Jan 2021 #13
Should Rebl2 Jan 2021 #15
And it's time!! Go speaker Pelosi Thekaspervote Jan 2021 #17
K&R. William769 Jan 2021 #19
I hope she makes the first offense retroactive. nt littlemissmartypants Jan 2021 #20
+1 MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #64
Here's hoping that wearing it on their chin or not covering their nose will cause a fine as well. riversedge Jan 2021 #21
Oh yes! mcar Jan 2021 #43
The most awesome, EVER! DemoTex Jan 2021 #22
It's got to be enforced for the staffers and aides too FakeNoose Jan 2021 #29
Good for her.. enough of their bullshit. mountain grammy Jan 2021 #31
Rt Boom! They should be Cha Jan 2021 #32
wow good for her. shes pissed...dont mess with Nancy! samnsara Jan 2021 #41
Right.. so glad it's😷😷😷 Cha Jan 2021 #56
How many people did those scumbuckets infect last Wednesday? mcar Jan 2021 #44
YES, Congress should SUE!!😷😷😷 Cha Jan 2021 #57
Three so far. crickets Jan 2021 #67
I call her The Hammer. 😁nt Javaman Jan 2021 #35
👍🏻 Meowmee Jan 2021 #38
so is it 2500$ for every offense after the first? samnsara Jan 2021 #39
Kick....n/t Upthevibe Jan 2021 #40
GOOD! BobTheSubgenius Jan 2021 #46
Should have done that from the start... SergeStorms Jan 2021 #48
Perfectly justified. There is a Congresswoman fighting for her life right now because of the GOP Midnight Writer Jan 2021 #50
Lookin' at you Cruz and Gaetz JohnnyRingo Jan 2021 #52
You know DeSmet Jan 2021 #54
alas.... cab67 Jan 2021 #55
Is there a "Mask must be worn correctly " claus??? nt Hotler Jan 2021 #58
Good! Their implacable loyalty to dear leader is unforgivable at this point. Texin Jan 2021 #60
Excellent!!! COL Mustard Jan 2021 #61
I hope she also starts fining the members who avoid the metal detectors dflprincess Jan 2021 #63
This MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #65
Absolutely! catrose Jan 2021 #66
Yes indeed! nt crickets Jan 2021 #68
It's already illegal to bring a gun into the chamber. Lasher Jan 2021 #75
Followup (Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman): Rhiannon12866 Jan 2021 #70
$5,000 fine for not walking THROUGH the magnetometer. southerncrone Jan 2021 #71
yes!! DBoon Jan 2021 #85
Outstanding move. Should have been done months ago. (nt) Paladin Jan 2021 #74
a good method for vaccine funding Dukkha Jan 2021 #77
Add bypassing the metal detector greymattermom Jan 2021 #78
K&R Blue Owl Jan 2021 #81
Now do something about members who bypass the metal detector DBoon Jan 2021 #84
Pelosi in the House!!!! Kielhurn9 Jan 2021 #86

blaze

(6,367 posts)
1. Ooooooh! Fines will be deducted from Member pay
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 05:47 PM
Jan 2021

When I first heard about this I thought, "No way she'll be able to collect that"

Didn't know she could go this route!!

Sympthsical

(9,085 posts)
2. This is a woman who is entirely tired of the children's bullshit
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 05:49 PM
Jan 2021

Behold her field of fucks, for they are barren.

I do like this look on her.

catchnrelease

(1,945 posts)
47. I don't know the origin
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:46 PM
Jan 2021

I came across it sometime ago and stuck it in my 'meme' file, to pull out for appropriate occasions. I like that it's such a subtle and erudite sounding way to say it, lol.

catchnrelease

(1,945 posts)
82. I knew it was based on the Tapestry
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 04:17 PM
Jan 2021

But I didn't know that there are others. Will have to check that out.

2Legit

(90 posts)
76. What a great way to start the day.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 10:35 AM
Jan 2021

I'd never heard nor seen this before. It made me throw my head back with laughter.

Response to mcar (Original post)

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
10. Actually, they're ovaries. But I'll be damned if she doesn't employ them ...
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:16 PM
Jan 2021

to kick a bunch of Republican ass.

Traildogbob

(8,770 posts)
14. Balls have proven to be useless.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:25 PM
Jan 2021

She has ovaries. Large ones. Pence and Lindsay have balls, I assume. Useless. Ovaries are the big dogs. Stainless steel 3 pound nuptial implants would not help GOP men. Get em Nancy.

niyad

(113,474 posts)
51. No, dear, she has OVARIES. Solid brass ones.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 08:16 PM
Jan 2021

Masculine should not be the default setting for courage.

notinkansas

(1,096 posts)
8. I wonder how many repub members are actually dependent on their House salary.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:02 PM
Jan 2021

Can they just use campaign funds for personal expenses?

procon

(15,805 posts)
9. Lock them out. You can't even walk into a
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:08 PM
Jan 2021

Grocery store without a mask,why would the US Capital have any less safety standards?

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
11. Need to extend it beyond the House floor
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:20 PM
Jan 2021

to the Capitol Complex, since the latest infections came not from the floor, but from the 'undisclosed location' where they were corralled together.

This is a good start, though, and well within her purview. The extension to the rest of the complex will probably require legislation.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
59. I believe that she can control only the House floor and maybe offices.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 10:52 PM
Jan 2021

The Capitol Complex is more problematic with McConnell still in place as Senate leader until VP Harris is sworn in.

SeattleVet

(5,477 posts)
69. Yep, that what I said, too.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 12:36 AM
Jan 2021

That's why it would require either working with the Senate, or legislation.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,108 posts)
13. I applaud her for this action, but what is blocking her from making them mandatory
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:23 PM
Jan 2021

(and worn correctly) or no entrance?

riversedge

(70,260 posts)
21. Here's hoping that wearing it on their chin or not covering their nose will cause a fine as well.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:34 PM
Jan 2021


Here's hoping that wearing it on their chin or not covering their nose will cause a fine as well.


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FakeNoose

(32,678 posts)
29. It's got to be enforced for the staffers and aides too
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:54 PM
Jan 2021

Let the staffers' transgressions come out of their boss's paycheck.



Cha

(297,398 posts)
32. Rt Boom! They should be
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:07 PM
Jan 2021

Kicked Off the Floor is there's a 3rd.

This is Serious Business.. nothing to fuck around with braindead trumps about.

Cha

(297,398 posts)
56. Right.. so glad it's😷😷😷
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 10:42 PM
Jan 2021

finally going into effect!

Hello!

Rep. Pramila Jayapal Tests Positive for COVID After Capitol Lockdown

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/100214899723

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
46. GOOD!
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:36 PM
Jan 2021

The fine here is $230 for the average person on the street (so to speak), which has a good equivalency to the amounts these people earn.

The top fine goes up to $2300....even more equivalent.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
48. Should have done that from the start...
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 07:52 PM
Jan 2021

but better late than never. You'd think republicans would have enough intelligence to protect their health and the health of others, but you'd be wrong about that. Small children know enough to comply, but the GOP is so contrarian to everything that's good for them, you have to hit them in the head with a sledgehammer to get anything done.

Midnight Writer

(21,771 posts)
50. Perfectly justified. There is a Congresswoman fighting for her life right now because of the GOP
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 08:06 PM
Jan 2021

maskholes.

If I were a member of Congress, evacuated to a safe place, and ran into these Republicans refusing to wear masks, I would have surely been expelled from Congress for my actions in response.

People are dying by the thousands, and not wearing a mask around others is no different than pointing a gun in someone's face.

Your breath is a lethal weapon. Keep it under control.

JohnnyRingo

(18,638 posts)
52. Lookin' at you Cruz and Gaetz
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 08:21 PM
Jan 2021

That's going to throw a helluva party at the end of the year.

If we'd had an F word jar in the Oval Office for the last 4 years, we could have paid off the national debt.

DeSmet

(257 posts)
54. You know
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 08:27 PM
Jan 2021

It occurs to me Trump cant stand being told he's lost and we like reminding him but he slips into that "I really won" Big Lie denial of his. Better still to always remind him and especially his followers how Nancy cleaned his clock.
And that ovary thing up above that's pretty cool.

cab67

(2,993 posts)
55. alas....
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 09:56 PM
Jan 2021

....most of these knobs have enough personal wealth that the fines can be seen as minor nuisances.

Texin

(2,596 posts)
60. Good! Their implacable loyalty to dear leader is unforgivable at this point.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 10:54 PM
Jan 2021

Let the devil take the hindmost.

dflprincess

(28,080 posts)
63. I hope she also starts fining the members who avoid the metal detectors
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 11:13 PM
Jan 2021

or get caught trying to bring a gun into the chamber.

Lasher

(27,606 posts)
75. It's already illegal to bring a gun into the chamber.
Wed Jan 13, 2021, 10:17 AM
Jan 2021

Any member can bring a gun to the Capitol but it must be kept in their office.

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