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March 02, 2018 10:28 AM UTC
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How much time is Rep. Lebsock allowed for a response/defense on the motion? And will anyone else be speaking for him?
IIRC, all he cares to take.
Within reason. He couldn't filibuster to sine die, but he gets as much time as he reasonably wants.
Oh, for fuck's sake.
Bullet proof vest? With all those armed “good-guy-and-gal” legislators packing heat?? Ain’t that what’s supposed to make Americans most safe?
There will be plenty of time to address gun control next week . . .
Flush Lebsock today, already.
One of those good-guy legislators is Lori Saine, who's crazy as the proverbial shithouse rat, so body armor ain't exactly the worst idea ever.
Grandstanding about it from the podium, however …
So just why is Rep. Garnett so spooked? There has to be some kind of story behind that quote…
I'm a trifle confused. Last time I was there during a session, there was pretty thorough security.
"These security measures will include, but are not limited to:
So what is the use of a Kevlar vest??? Does he think Capitol security, overseen by the CSP, is only Kabuki security?
He doesn't live in the Capitol. Has to leave the building at some point
Did that security start at his front door? In the parking lot? Front steps? He doesn't live in the Capitol, he drives to work everyday like the rest of us. Some jackass from Nebraska probably sent him a threatening email or something.
Certain people ARE allowed to carry concealed in the Capitol, aren't they? Maybe he fears one of those folks getting a little carried away.
Here's apparently why:
Legislators, aides, and staff generally don't go through the metal detectors. Also, there aren't any out in the parking lots, etc. Personally, I'd expect Lebsock is a greater risk to himself than Garnett.
Given his screed against his accusers, I would put the danger on the accusers' side, not Lebsock.
Don't forget Dan White.
Very good point. There are definitely some who have mental health issues in elected office.
Does everybody have to give a speech before they vote?
Yeah. The news camera(s) are there.
The tweet actually says garnett is tired of carrying a "bullet proof desk" around.
Now, that would get kind of heavy
Maybe it's a lap desk. It's like carrying around a convenient metal tea tray like you see action heroes in the movies hide behind.
Not as heavy as his ego.
Rule #1 when attempting to get people to side with you as accused: don't distribute retaliatory material before the vote to those who might be sympathetic.
Well now, that's pretty resounding. A vote doesn't get much more lopsided in this day and age.
Can we call that “due process” now, Fluffy?
When it comes to a legislature's internal workings, legislative process is due process by definition. Of course, no one could reasonably expect the Fluffster to understand that.
Kyle Clark is reporting that ol' Steve switched his voter registration to GOP this afternoon, and now the Republicans are saying they get to pick his replacement.
lol what a clusterfuck.
When would he have done that?
According to Lynn Bartles, it happened at 3:17 this afternoon.
Good. Let it be recorded that, on this date, the Legislature expelled a fucking Republican serial sexual harasser . . .
. . . it’s a start!
One down, two to go…..
Registration can be changed online in less than a minute.
Republicans want to claim him? I'm all for it, figuring one more vote isn't going to move the majority and they will have a choice of appointing someone who fits their caucus or the district, but not both.
Do you suppose Lebsock will continue running for Treasurer, now as a Republican? Will there be an update on The Big Line?
I haven't checked the rules/law, but wouldn't he have had to be affiliated with one party or the other as of January 1 this year? Doesn't sound as if he's eligible to be a candidate for either party, or as an unaffiliated candidate. Experts, weigh in.
Lebsock would have had to affiliate with Republicans by 1st business day in January if he planned to run for Treasurer as a Republican.
But he's not planning to run as a Republican, he's doing a big "F**k you" to the Dems by trying to allow the Republicans to nominate his replacement. I don't see that eventuality covered in the rulebook for the Treasurer candidate. So it will probably go to court. Oh joy. More histrionics.
The law says that the party to which the expelled member belongs.
Art V Sec 2
(3) Any vacancy occurring in either house by death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law. The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a member of the same political party, if any, as the person whose termination of membership in the general assembly created the vacancy.
That's present tense, so probably the Republicans. They don't have to, though, and then Hick can.
And that adds even more entertainment value. A vacancy in the legislature must be "filled in the manner prescribed by law," but C.R.S. § 1-12-203, the "law" governing vacancies in the general assembly, doesn't appear to say anything at all about vacancies created by expulsion.
I'm goddamn jolly well glad this didn't happen when one vacancy could have made the difference.
If needed, I expect the court will just extend 1-12-203 to include expulsion, as it's the only resolution that makes sense.
Looking ahead – perhaps this is the fear the Republican leadership in the Senate has – that if THEY expel one of their own (i.e. Baumgardner), that he will change party affiliation at just the right moment, and the Democrats will be able to fill Baumgardner's vacancy with a Dem, thus flipping the Senate.
I don't anticipate that happening (the change in party affiliation by the 'Stache), but maybe there's an irrational fear on the part of Grantham and Holbert . . .
I can only think of a few Republicans in the legislature that wouldn't simply fall on the grenade rather than tossing it back to the people that threw it, and none of them have a sexual assault complaint against them.
I agree. I think almost all of them are pretty loyal and wouldn't pull something like that. Especially Handsy and the Stache.
No idea, but I'm going to hope really, really hard that this happens.
If Lebsock does run for treasurer, at least Justin Everett won't finish in last place.
Maybe he can bunk with Baumgardner at Rancho de Grabber in hot, Hot Sulfur Springs . . .
. . . it wouldn’t be a first time.
assume that would be challenged in court, which will delay pick until after session is over, at which point the point is moot
The now du[ly] processed Republican harasser is moot . . .
. . . I can live with that.
Temporary seat loss for all the right reasons – assuming Republicans want to claim it.
Steve Lebsock
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I changed party affiliation at 3:02pm. As I walked down to speak for the last time, approx. 4pm, I handed the minority leader a document with affiliation change. Nothing was planned. He did not know about party change before.
Wow. I'm frankly amazed. Been reading work stuff all day thoroughly expecting this to be postponed. The legislature has impressed me today
I was equally impressed; and surprised; at Republican response to the situation. As Mitch McConnell surprised many when he spoke last fall about the Roy Moore AL situation: “believe the women.”
Who has announced to run as a Dem in November in that district?
Two Democrats are running for House District 34 (Lebsock's Adams County district): Kyle Mullica and Dr. Jacque Phillips. One Republican, Casey Cole, is also running for HD34.
Hillary Clinton won that district by 9 points in 2016.
Now is time to step up the pressure on the other harassers in the legislature.
Yes, a precedent has been established.
Handsy Jack Tate and the Stache……..you’re next!
This is a good final nail in Lebsock's political career, from the Denver Post:
As for Lebsock’s new party affiliation, “the Republicans can have him,” said Colorado Democratic Party spokesman Eric Walker. “As far as the seat, we’re looking into it. Either way, we’re confident the district will be represented by a Democrat by the time the next session begins.”
I am rather proud of the house, including the eight who voted against expulsion. We had a civilised debate and ended with an honorable result.
Yes, I didn't watch the entire thing but from what I did see and read, even many of the Republicans impressed me by the way they approached this.