Iran Press/ America: Nancy Pelosi said that Congress will likely have to pass a bill that provides more money that would go toward member safety in light of recent threats in the days since the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
"We will probably need a supplemental for more security for members when the enemy is within the House of Representatives - a threat that members are concerned about in addition to what is happening outside," Pelosi said.
When asked to expand on what she meant by "the enemy is within" she responded: "We have members of Congress who want to bring guns on the floor and have threatened violence on other members of Congress."
Her comments come after Republicans have tried, in recent days, to bring their guns on the House floor, despite the addition of a metal detector at the chamber door. Some Republicans are bypassing the metal detector altogether.
According to a report by CNN, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., allegedly "liked" a comment on her Facebook page in 2019 that threatened Pelosi and other Democrats' life.
Greene was also recently assigned to the House Education and Labor Committee despite her support of conspiracy theories claiming mass school shootings at Sandy Hook and Parkland were staged.
"What I'm concerned about is the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives who are willing to overlook, ignore those statements, assigning her to the Education Committee when she has mocked the killing of little children at Sandy Hook Elementary School when she mocked the killing of teenagers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas," Pelosi said.
"What could they be thinking? Or is thinking too generous of a word for what they might be doing," she added. "It is absolutely appalling."
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