▲ 737 ▼ Congressman ‘Caught on Camera’ Pulling Fire Alarm to in Apparent Attempt to Delay Vote to Avoid Shutdown (www.mediaite.com) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 124 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Seraph@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (4 children) IANAL but didn't he obstruct Congress? Wow I hate that acronym! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago False alarms are against the law regardless of it being an attempt to fuck with Congress. Which is probably why an aid wouldn't do it for him. They knew they'd at least lose their job, and possibly get fined or have a few days in jail. permalink fedilink source parent [–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 9 points 2 years ago I for one LOVE that the not a lawyer acronym sounds like an Asimov porn parody 😂 permalink fedilink source parent [–] brainrein@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago But if he did it to give the representatives the opportunity to read the bill they were about to vote on to make sure that they’re not being tricked by the Republicans — then he was supporting Congress permalink fedilink source parent [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago Hello anal I'm dad. More seriously, it seems like it'd be a pain to prove, since he has a (shitty) excuse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago False alarms are against the law regardless of it being an attempt to fuck with Congress. Which is probably why an aid wouldn't do it for him. They knew they'd at least lose their job, and possibly get fined or have a few days in jail. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 9 points 2 years ago I for one LOVE that the not a lawyer acronym sounds like an Asimov porn parody 😂 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brainrein@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago But if he did it to give the representatives the opportunity to read the bill they were about to vote on to make sure that they’re not being tricked by the Republicans — then he was supporting Congress permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago Hello anal I'm dad. More seriously, it seems like it'd be a pain to prove, since he has a (shitty) excuse. permalink fedilink source parent