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Rep. Shays' Behavior
My understanding is that Rep. Shays went places that former Rep. McKinney did not even begin to approach. The Kapitol Kops , I heard, are filing a courtesy complaint about Rep. Shays. What is courtesy complaint? He allegedly grabbed a cop and cursed the guy out. A courtesy complaint? Can't fool me. I know this is America.
They need to stand his ass
They need to stand his ass up before the house and make him grovel before the Capital Police.
help me out here. I thought
help me out here. I thought shays only verbally accosted the officer and touched the officer's badge. This seems a shade less intense than the mckinney incident.
McKinney says she threw the
McKinney says she threw the cop's hand off her; the cop says she him him. No one saw it.
Shays cursed out and threatened the cop for stopping his consitutuents from using a door they weren't allowed to...and folks saw it.
The ONLY reason it's less intense than the McKinney incident is because there's no dispute about what happened.
I guess CQ got it all wrong.
July 20, 2007
Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., who grabbed a Capitol Police officer’s name tag in a profanity-laced tirade Thursday, apologized Friday for his conduct..............................................................
Shays arrived at the scene and delivered a tongue-lashing, including several instances of the “F-word,” to the officer before grabbing the name tag on the front of his uniform...