Rep. Sutherland investigated after argument with security chief
OLYMPIA — An investigation is under way to determine if state Rep. Robert Sutherland of Granite Falls violated the Legislature’s Code of Conduct when he allegedly berated and swore at the House chief of security on the Capitol grounds this past weekend.
Sutherland and Sean Hartsock, the chamber’s director of security, became embroiled in a heated exchange Saturday as the lawmaker sought access to the Legislative Building because he was barred from his office for not taking a required COVID test.
A short time later, in a scene captured on video, an amped-up Sutherland railed against the prohibitions in a speech to hundreds of conservative activists rallying at the Capitol.
“I got locked out of the building because I didn’t get tested for COVID. I don’t have COVID. I’m healthy,” he shouted. “Then they almost arrested me an hour ago. The sergeant-at-arms. I looked at him — excuse my French — (and) I said, ‘(Expletive) you, you’re not going to shut us down.”
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/rep-sutherland-investigated-after-argument-with-security-chief/
Another Repuke who thinks the rules don't apply to him.
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