BREAKING: Ethics complaint filed by lawmakers over Pelosi tearing up SOTU speech

Maybe she was just looking for something to do with her hands--those hands that cannot remain motionless for more than a microsecond. But House Speaker Nancy "Dem Dentures" Pelosi (D-CA) is having action taken against her by multiple lawmakers for ripping up President Trump's State of the Union Address on Wednesday night after he finished presenting it to Congress and the American people, as reported by the Daily Wire.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted:

“BREAKING: I’m filing an ethics complaint against @SpeakerPelosi for destroying @realDonaldTrump’s State of the Union speech. Her conduct was beneath the dignity of the House, and a potential violation of law (18 USC 2071). Nobody is above the law. She must be held accountable.”

There is even some who claim that there's photographic evidence that Pelosi pre-tore the pages below the dais level where she sat while trying to keep her dentures from doing the "Electric Slide."

In a letter addressed to Ethics Committee Chairman Ted Deutch (D-FL), Gaetz requested that the Committee open an investigation “into Speaker Pelosi’s flagrant violation of decorum, as defined in clauses 1 and 2 of House Rule XXIII, and request a criminal referral for her potential violation of 18 U.S.C. §2071 (Concealment, removal, or mutilation of documents), following President Trump’s recent State of the Union address of February 4, 2020. Her unseemly behavior certainly warrants censure.”

“It is hard to overlook the symbolism of such a gesture — the sense that Speaker Pelosi was utterly dismissive of the President’s achievements, and, more importantly, the achievements of the American people,” Gaetz wrote in the letter.

Regarding the violation of 18 U.S.C. §2071 it states:

(a)Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(b)Whoever, having the custody of any such record, proceeding, map, book, document, paper, or other thing, willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, falsifies, or destroys the same, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both; and shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States. As used in this subsection, the term “office” does not include the office held by any person as a retired officer of the Armed Forces of the United States.

Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) introduced a resolution going after Pelosi for ripping up the document [one page at a time] on national television, calling it was “a breach of decorum,” and noting that it brought “discredit on the House.”

“Speaker Pelosi’s actions last night were appalling and shameful,” Granger said in a statement. “Regardless of her personal feelings, she had a responsibility to conduct herself with civility as the presiding officer representing the House of Representatives. She is not the Speaker of the Democrats, but of the People’s House.”

Yeah, tell that to Pelosi.

“Not only were her actions disrespectful of the Office of the President and the millions of Americans who elected President Trump, they were a slap in the face to the American heroes and their families he honored in his address,” Granger explained. “The privileged resolution was introduced under Rule 9 of the standing rules of the House. It is expected that the House will vote on the resolution later this week.”

Granger tweeted:

Today, I introduced a privileged resolution strongly disapproving @SpeakerPelosi’s appalling actions following President @realDonaldTrump’s #SOTU2020 address. Speaker Pelosi ripped up far more than a speech.
She is not the Speaker of the Democrats, but of the People’s House! pic.twitter.com/LXZNa0KvNY

— Rep. Kay Granger (@RepKayGranger) February 6, 2020

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) also tweeted Wednesday that he was introducing a resolution censuring Pelosi for her actions and called her actions a "classless outburst" and "[I]n a new low, she violated the Code of Official Conduct requiring Members 'behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect credibility on the House.'"  pic.twitter.com/gvf6KWNpSM

It's difficult to imagine that the GOP is doing more than just spinning its wheels because nothing ever seems to stop the Democrats from their untoward behavior. If Hillary Clinton can get away with violating the Espionage Act and their Party can get away with a politically-driven impeachment attempt, nothing seems punishable.

I hope I'm wrong.

There should be more to follow on this breaking story.

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