It wasn’t just Cindy Sheehan, as it turns out, and it wasn’t just anti-war slogans: Lawmaker’s wife told to leave during Bush speech
The wife of a senior House of Representatives Republican was told to leave the House chamber during President George W. Bush’s State of the Union speech for for wearing a shirt bearing words of support for U.S. troops.“Shame, shame,” Rep. Bill Young of Florida said on the House floor on Wednesday, condemning the treatment of his wife Beverly by the U.S. Capitol Police.
“She was ordered to leave the gallery, because she was doing … what the president said we should all do,” Young said. “She had on this shirt. A very conservative shirt, long sleeves, high neck, but it says support our troops.”
It would appear that the rules are the rules.
h/t: California Yankee
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February 1st, 2024 at 4:39 pm
Even before getting to the slogan part…
If you were a congressman going to the SOTU message, would you encourage your wife to wear a T-Shirt? Tacky, tacky.
February 1st, 2024 at 6:31 pm
For goodness sake why?
I have a pretty open interpertation of the Freedom of Speech.
February 1st, 2024 at 9:08 pm
Capitol Police Apologize, Drop Charge against Sheehan.
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