Gainer says he will work with the House Sergeant at Arms to clarify the rules of the House of Representatives, and to ensure that officers have a better understanding of what constitutes a protest and demonstration. Before he finalizes the new rules, Gainer has asked his staff to look into previous arrests and ejections in the gallery to see what he can learn. One of the first protests at a State of the Union speech occurred in 1916, when President Woodrow Wilson was speaking and a group of suffragettes sitting in the gallery unfurled a large yellow banner with the words, "Mr. President, what will you do for woman suffrage?" The Capitol Police prepared to arrest the women, but the chief doorkeeper ordered them to leave them alone. An assistant doorkeeper on the floor, however, did manage to pull the banner down. Compared to what happened at this week's speech, that almost seems civilized.
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I don't think women should have the right to vote, either. 1920, a terrible year.
Mike in the Danish consulate in Beirut
interesting. Just goes to show that our nation's meaning of freedom is subjective to if you support the military industrial complex.
-mild
Oh, mild. How humorous coming from a self-hating white lib!
So, by default, I support the military industrial complex? Perhaps I should take your approach; to cut all defense spending so that we pay pay for "African-centered schools" for American black youth? Maybe also to pay for "all gay public high schools?" Maybe we should just be forced to give all our money to non-white males? After, it was white males who freed the slaves. It was white males who built this country. It was white males who sill lead this country. It is white males who it is legal to discriminate against, now. Take your liberalism and replace the mouse in your ass with it.
Mike in the real America
Free Cindy...
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