<p>In a <a href="https://twitter.com/CoriBush/status/1349183008037863426" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tweet</a> late Tuesday echoing the message of her interview, Bush wrote that "if you work at McDonald's and you don't wear the uniform, you don't work that day."</p><p>"If you won't abide by the rules of this job," Bush added, "go find another one."</p><p>Watch Bush's <em>MSNBC </em>appearance:</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="896b5cdca60fd293f20688df0350a69c" id="608e1"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1349174263559938050"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@CoriBush to her colleagues in Congress who refused to go through metal detectors:
“If they want a bye for the si… https://t.co/o8bVaXt7G9</div> — All In with Chris Hayes (@All In with Chris Hayes)<a href="https://twitter.com/allinwithchris/statuses/1349174263559938050">1610503185.0</a></blockquote></div><p>Bush's remarks came after Republican Reps. Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Louie Gohmert (Texas), Steve Stivers (Ohio), Larry Bucshon (Ind.), Van Taylor (Texas), and others on Tuesday complained about or evaded metal detectors put in place following last week's deadly attack on the Capitol Building.</p><p>"Boebert, a newly elected member who vowed in a viral video to carry a gun in the Capitol, was seen in an apparent dispute with police over going through the metal detector," <em>NBC News</em> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-protest-circumvent-new-metal-detectors-inside-capitol-after-riot-n1254011" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reported</a>. "Taylor refused to pass through the metal detector and argued with officers about it."</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e9d8e0a7a3241f5174e0abc86464d3da" id="07046"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1349188683904253953"><div style="margin:1em 0">New procedures in the House require us to go through a magnetometer before entering the floor. All because a new Re… https://t.co/VZOyQLmIzD</div> — Jackie Speier (@Jackie Speier)<a href="https://twitter.com/RepSpeier/statuses/1349188683904253953">1610506623.0</a></blockquote></div><p>The metal detectors were installed outside of the House chamber after Democratic lawmakers raised the need for Capitol Police to take precautions against "all these members who were in league with the insurrectionists who love to carry their guns," as one unnamed Democrat <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-briefed-plot-overthrow-government_n_5ffd29a4c5b691806c4bf199" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">told</a> <em>HuffPost</em> earlier this week.</p><p>"Regular Americans have to go through a metal detector when they enter an airport. They don't scream and whine at police officers or have to be restrained," Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDonBeyer/status/1349173316557426699" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tweeted</a> Tuesday. "Children across the country have to do this to get into school and they handle it more maturely than members of Congress."</p><p><em>This article first appeared on Common Sense. You can read it <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/13/have-they-ever-had-job-cori-bush-tears-republicans-evading-metal-detectors-enter" target="_blank">here.</a> </em><br/></p>From Your Site Articles
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