This isn't what democratic leaders do in a functioning society.... This is what dictators and oligarchs do in totalitarian regimes.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-security-omnibus-spending-bill-capitol/
The legislation, which spans 4,155 pages, includes direction to the Senate Sergeant at Arms to create a "residential security system program" to protect senators in their home states and towns. According to the legislation, "The program is focused on assisting in mitigating increased risks to the physical security of senators' residences both in the District of Columbia and in their home states. The agreement provides a total of $2,500,000 to be available until expended for the development and administration of a residential security system program." There's been growing concern about the well-being of senators and House members when they're outside the dome of security of U.S. Capitol Police on the Capitol grounds.
The spending bill also includes million of dollars to bolster House member security, including what appears to be a response to the attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi in California.
Congressional staffers told CBS News there's also a pressing need to increase protection for members of Congress who travel through the Washington, D.C.-area, including Virginia and Maryland, while outside of the protection of U.S. Capitol Police. In 2017, a gunman went on a shooting spree at a baseball practice in Virginia that wounded House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
Weird that they acted because a left-wing illegal immigrant attacked Paul but not when a left-wing Bernie bro attacked a bunch of pubs.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-security-omnibus-spending-bill-capitol/
The legislation, which spans 4,155 pages, includes direction to the Senate Sergeant at Arms to create a "residential security system program" to protect senators in their home states and towns. According to the legislation, "The program is focused on assisting in mitigating increased risks to the physical security of senators' residences both in the District of Columbia and in their home states. The agreement provides a total of $2,500,000 to be available until expended for the development and administration of a residential security system program." There's been growing concern about the well-being of senators and House members when they're outside the dome of security of U.S. Capitol Police on the Capitol grounds.
The spending bill also includes million of dollars to bolster House member security, including what appears to be a response to the attack against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul Pelosi in California.
Congressional staffers told CBS News there's also a pressing need to increase protection for members of Congress who travel through the Washington, D.C.-area, including Virginia and Maryland, while outside of the protection of U.S. Capitol Police. In 2017, a gunman went on a shooting spree at a baseball practice in Virginia that wounded House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana.
Weird that they acted because a left-wing illegal immigrant attacked Paul but not when a left-wing Bernie bro attacked a bunch of pubs.