Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie said: post X reported that the House Sergeant-at-Arms threatened to take down the video post or face a $500 fine. The video includes footage of lawmakers waving Ukrainian flags in the House chamber.
“Instead of fining the Democratic congressman who waved the flag, the House Sergeant-at-Arms called and said if he didn’t remove this video post he would be fined $500. I want to remember it.” tweeted.
Blaze News attempted to obtain comment from the Sergeant’s Office, but no comment was immediately received.
House Speaker Johnson, Republican of Louisiana, shown Rep. Massey will not be fined, the post said: “After seeing Rep. Massey’s tweet, our team reached out to Sgt. Massey. Because I disagree with this assessment, Rep. Massey will not be fined. ” he said.
Massey said last week that he was a co-sponsor of a motion to remove the Speaker from Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, which she filed last month.
Saturday, the house I voted Massey voted 311-112 in favor of passing the Ukraine aid bill, but was one of 112 Republicans who voted against its passage. Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday as lawmakers waved Ukrainian flags in the House chamber. admonished It was a breach of etiquette to wave the flag on the floor.
When Blaze News contacted Massey, the congressman pointed to comments he made in a post about X when responding to Elon Musk Musk. Asked“Will I be fined for posting a video?”
“There is nothing that gives them the power to request that the video be removed from my parliamentary account, but they are doing so, although there are fines prescribed for taking photos and videos in the House chamber. , they don’t know if I recorded this,’ and Democrats frequently post from the floor (example attached),’ Massey I have written Answered Musk’s question.
“I believe I can be fined. They have to notify you on the floor while the incident is happening (this is the first time I was fined for not wearing a mask) It seems a little creepy that three days later a sergeant-at-arms would be on my ? (It’s not) The Unionist Party is very angry at me for exposing them in some votes and calling on the Speaker to resign. “Perhaps the Speaker, his staff, or one of his allies who are in our meeting will be directing the Sergeant at Arms to do this,” the lawmaker added.
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