When Washington state Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers isn’t getting chanted off the stage by voters for threatening to repeal the Affordable Care Act, she’s kissing the orange-flecked shoes of President Donald Trump. Or she’s trying to do damage control like her fellow cowards Republicans—by lying about things. When citizens became interested in making themselves heard to the Spokane representative, Rep. McMorris Rodgers’ staff decided to say that it wasn’t violence they were afraid of when they only allowed two people at a time into the congresswoman’s office.
“The congresswoman wants to hear from everyone,” Drenkard said. “Where freedom of speech is answered with more speech, and not with violence.”
The decision to limit the number of people in the Spokane office was made after consultation with the fire marshal, who issued a written ruling that only two members of the public could safely occupy the office on the sixth floor of the Peyton Building at a time, Drenkard said. She also said that arrangement allowed concerned citizens to meet with staff members individually, which promoted a better dialogue.
The fire marshal in question, Mr. Michael Miller, has been getting a lot of blowback from this, which he feels isn’t fair since HE NEVER TOLD THEM TO LIMIT THE NUMBER TO TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME.
"I think somebody got badly quoted," says Miller. "I did not issue any ruling saying only two members of the public could be in Cathy McMorris Rodgers' office at the same time."
There had, indeed, been a written ruling by Deputy Fire Marshal Nathan Mulkey, who consulted with McMorris Rodgers' staff in the lead-up to the protest. But he had concluded that the occupancy limit for the office suite as a whole was 30 people, not two.
You say “two,” and I say “thirty.”
Let’s call the whole thing off!
But Oh, if we call the whole thing off,
then you will take away our healthcare.
And oh, if you take away our healthcare,
we might lose our heart.
Enjoy watching what Rep. McMorris Rodgers is really afraid of.