Citing GOP Opposition to Gun Control, AOC Takes Credit for Blocking Supreme Court Security Bill

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in a video posted to her Instagram account took credit for blocking a GOP effort to pass a bill to supplement the protections for Supreme Court (SCOTUS) justices and their families.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) asked on the House floor for unanimous consent to take the bill from House Speaker Nancy Pelosiโ€™s (D-Calif.) desk, but the measure was blocked, so members could not vote on the legislation.

The move came a day after an armed man, Nicholas John Roske, allegedly attempted to murder Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh.

Now, Ocasio-Cortez has publicly revealed that she blocked McCarthyโ€™s unanimous consent request, saying that it was to force a roll call vote after most Republicans voted against Democratsโ€™ partisan gun control bills.

Ocasio-Cortez explained in a video posted to her Instagram Story on June 9.

Ocasio-Cortez noted that it was a โ€œfly-out dayโ€โ€”the term used to describe members leaving DC to return to their districtsโ€”and that, as is common on these days, leaders on both parties hoped to use lawmakersโ€™ anxiousness to get home โ€œto force unpopular things to happenโ€ through unanimous consent.

โ€œI wake up [on June 9] and start to hear murmurs that thereโ€™s going to be an attempt to pass the Supreme Court supplemental protection bill the day after gun safety legislation for schools and kids and people gets stalled,โ€ Ocasio-Cortez said.

โ€œOh, so we can pass protections for us and here easily, but we canโ€™t pass protections for everyday people?โ€ Ocasio-Cortez said. โ€œI think not. So, Iโ€™m gonna need a roll call vote on that.โ€

โ€œNot only are you gonna try to pass it, theyโ€™re trying to pass it by unanimous consent, so it can slip on by with no oneโ€™s name put on it,โ€ she continued. โ€œThatโ€™s not what unanimous consent is for. Unanimous consent is not to pass things quickly to hide and prevent a politically difficult moment.

โ€œIf weโ€™re gonna do it, letโ€™s do it. Put our name on it. Vamos. Put it on the floor.โ€

Byย Joseph Lord

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