In 2010 we restored a bit of balance, both in D.C. and in the states.
And in that time, during the Tea Parties, even during the mammoth rallies in D.C., no legislative body was evacuated for their own safety.
The Left is having a hissy of epic proportions.
Wispolitics:
Jeff Fitzgerald: Assembly adjourned because of threats
Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald said he decided to adjourn the Assembly this evening because Gov. Scott Walker called minutes before lawmakers took the floor to tell him to get his caucus members and staff out of the building because their safety could no longer be assured.
Fitzgerald told WisPolitics exclusively about the guv's call after the Assembly ended a tense, 30-minute floor session. As the Republicans made moves to pass the controversial budget repair bill without Dem participation, a throng of thousands of protesters outside the chamber grew louder and louder.
There have been reports of threats against lawmakers throughout the week, and Fitzgerald was escorted out of the building by sheriff deputies.
UPDATE: A Walker spokesman declined comment.
UPDATE: The GOP Assembly leadership -- Speaker Fitzgerald, Majority Leader Scott Suder and JFC Co-chair Robin Vos -- have issued a statement reaffirming their commitment to pass the bill next week.
"The leadership of the Assembly has decided to recess due to security concerns. We will reconvene on Tuesday morning and are confident that the security concerns will no longer exist. We are committed as ever to pass Governor Walker’s Budget Repair Bill and will do so next week," the statement reads. "Millions of taxpayers spoke in November and we will not let them down. We have a fiscal crisis that can’t be ignored. We have the votes to pass the bill; it is only a matter of time."
Fitzgerald told WisPolitics exclusively about the guv's call after the Assembly ended a tense, 30-minute floor session. As the Republicans made moves to pass the controversial budget repair bill without Dem participation, a throng of thousands of protesters outside the chamber grew louder and louder.
There have been reports of threats against lawmakers throughout the week, and Fitzgerald was escorted out of the building by sheriff deputies.
UPDATE: A Walker spokesman declined comment.
UPDATE: The GOP Assembly leadership -- Speaker Fitzgerald, Majority Leader Scott Suder and JFC Co-chair Robin Vos -- have issued a statement reaffirming their commitment to pass the bill next week.
"The leadership of the Assembly has decided to recess due to security concerns. We will reconvene on Tuesday morning and are confident that the security concerns will no longer exist. We are committed as ever to pass Governor Walker’s Budget Repair Bill and will do so next week," the statement reads. "Millions of taxpayers spoke in November and we will not let them down. We have a fiscal crisis that can’t be ignored. We have the votes to pass the bill; it is only a matter of time."
2 comments:
How long before somebody like Jared Loughner shows up and opens fire?
I think that something like that could easily happen. God help us.
I was thinking the same thing earlier.
Hmm. . .
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