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11 thoughts on “Fire alarm update”

  1. Yehouda

    It is a serious problem of the news media, that they don't keep repeatedly asking Republicans about all these cases where they made allegations implying that they have evidence, and then never came with the evidence. They allow the Republicans to get away with what is really libel.

    1. Austin

      Rep Bowman should sue everyone who reported the story. But he won’t because Norms And Decorum Must Be Upheld By Democrats.

      And yes I understand public people have fewer libel rights than the rest of us but still… sue them anyway. Make them show the damn video showing absolutely nothing untoward happened.

  2. bbleh

    Silly Kevin! Have you learned nothing from the Biden impeachment hearings? What's important is not to look at evidence but to search for it, especially when there are appalling rumors about its possible existence (widely repeating which is, of course, a crucial part of the search).

    Next I suppose you're going to say that they should wait to draw conclusions until after they've looked at the evidence, and that the conclusions should be based on the evidence. Honestly, you have no idea how modern Republican Congressional investigations work.

  3. RiChard

    Once again, the best way to lie is to show half the truth. Enquiring minds will fill in the blanks with whatever they need to.

  4. Austin

    It’s sad that our civilization doesn’t have a paid full-time set of people dedicated to reporting news and following up on every single story they report. It’s almost as if what we call “news” is just akin to fishermen or aquarium employees throwing chum into the water to attract attention from lower life forms.

  5. Toofbew

    CNN - September 30, 2023 - Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building on Saturday morning, shortly before the House was scheduled to vote on a government funding bill, an incident the New York Democrat said was an accident.

    The incident was first revealed by House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, a Republican from Wisconsin, who said in a statement that an investigation is underway.

    Steil told CNN on Saturday evening that Bowman needed to be “far more forthcoming” about what happened when he decided to pull the fire alarm.

    “We know Jamaal Bowman pulled the fire alarm. Why he did that, it is pretty unclear. His initial explanation, that it was an accident, doesn’t seem to really pass muster,” Steil told CNN’s Jim Acosta. Steil also warned that if Bowman pulled the alarm to interfere with the House voting procedure – an accusation Bowman earlier told reporters was “complete BS” – it would be “a serious violation of the law.”

    Bowman’s office said it was an accident, and the congressman told reporters later Saturday: “I was trying to get to a door. I thought the alarm would open the door, and I pulled the fire alarm to open the door by accident.”

    “I was just trying to get to my vote and the door that’s usually open wasn’t open, it was closed,” Bowman added.

    Leadership in both parties was informed of the situation once Bowman was identified in security footage, a source familiar said.

    Bowman said he met with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about the incident shortly after the funding stopgap measure passed the House on Saturday, adding that Jeffries’ tone was “supportive” and “he understood that was a mistake.”

    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the House Ethics Committee should look into the incident.

    “I think ethics should look at this, but this is serious,” McCarthy said in response to a reporter’s question following the House vote.

    He added that he will have a discussion with Jeffries regarding the incident.

    “This should not go without punishment,” McCarthy said. “This is an embarrassment. You are elected to be a member of Congress. You pulled a fire alarm, in a (matter) of hours before the government being shut down, trying to dictate that the government would shut down?”

    Following McCarthy’s remarks, Rep. Lisa McClain, a Michigan Republican and member of the GOP leadership team, told CNN she was circulating a resolution to censure Bowman over the incident. She said she already has co-sponsors.

    Bowman, however, laughed off the GOP response to the incident on Saturday, telling reporters, “They’re gonna do what they do. This is what they do.”

    1. Salamander

      Bowman's response was perfect. Too bad our current "journalists" seem unable to learn it. They prefer to "normalize" MAGA behavior, and flail around with bothsidering.

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