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jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:10 PM Jan 2021

Bad news: I think we're stuck with Boebert

According to Article I, Section 5, second paragraph of the US Constitution, it requires a two-thirds majority of the house of Congress the member is a part of, to expel a Member from Congress.

The only feasible way I can see to get rid of her is to make Congress so un-fun she quits on her own. Assign her to one boring committee and no others, refuse to take up her bills and don't let her bring her gun into the building.

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Bad news: I think we're stuck with Boebert (Original Post) jmowreader Jan 2021 OP
Or she's arrested Arazi Jan 2021 #1
No. jmowreader Jan 2021 #9
She could be arrested and sent to Gitmo. Lucky Luciano Jan 2021 #2
Liz Cheney will shut her up in due time. Under The Radar Jan 2021 #3
Hope so, and elleng Jan 2021 #6
That's a thought Hekate Jan 2021 #7
Resign WVreaper Jan 2021 #4
She could be under arrest quite soon. Voltaire2 Jan 2021 #5
Sec. 3 of the 14th Amendment states that anyone involved in... brush Jan 2021 #8
+1 uponit7771 Jan 2021 #11
☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️😤 Thekaspervote Jan 2021 #16
Or better, just get someone competent to run against her. Initech Jan 2021 #10
She can be minimized, like the orig. poster stated. Can her District recall her? nt Progressive Jones Jan 2021 #12
I do not believe a federal official can be recalled jmowreader Jan 2021 #13
All elected reps and senators sign a non insurrection oath created after the civil war. fearnobush Jan 2021 #14
Nancy said the law would have to do the job. pwb Jan 2021 #15

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
9. No.
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:34 PM
Jan 2021

There are only two Representatives who've ever been kicked out of Congress for committing crimes, Michael Myers in 1980 and James Traficant in 2002. They both had to be expelled from Congress. Myers got 30 "no" votes and Traficant one.

Randy "Duke" Cunningham, arguably the biggest crook in Congress of the last fifty years, resigned on his own.

Voltaire2

(13,061 posts)
5. She could be under arrest quite soon.
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:19 PM
Jan 2021

It is pretty clear she took insurrectionists on reconnaissance tours Jan 5, and there is a lot of speculation that her mom is “megaphone woman”, a person of interest in the assault.

brush

(53,787 posts)
8. Sec. 3 of the 14th Amendment states that anyone involved in...
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:31 PM
Jan 2021

insurrection cannot remain serving in Congress. If that "megaphone lady" is her mother, she's gone.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
10. Or better, just get someone competent to run against her.
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:37 PM
Jan 2021

Same with that Marjorie Greene. Just get these people the fuck out of office as fast as possible!

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
13. I do not believe a federal official can be recalled
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:49 PM
Jan 2021

Unless she shoots herself while cleaning her gun, the only viable paths to removal are to expel her, vote her out (which means someone even more extreme will take her place) or convince her to resign by making her life miserable.

And while it's not necessarily part of this discussion, I think it's a good time to revive a classic:

fearnobush

(3,960 posts)
14. All elected reps and senators sign a non insurrection oath created after the civil war.
Sat Jan 16, 2021, 07:52 PM
Jan 2021

If they break that oath they’re gone

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