Rep. Cory Mills (R-Florida), a freshman lawmaker, sent grenades that were manufactured in his home district as “welcome” presents to other GOP members of Congress. An accompanying letter noted that the weapons are “inert.”
against Black Lives Movement demonstrators and expressed animosity toward investigators of the January 6 attack.. “The January 6th committee is designed to hunt down Trump supporters and directly target the conservative movement! Do NOT COMPLY.”
Mills made headlines earlier this month for making light of the attack on former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s husband, who was bludgeoned with a hammer by an intruder in a home invasion thatMills wrote in a now-deleted tweetCritics condemned Mills for handing out the grenades, with Rep. Jared Huffman saying that Mills’s action was troublesome, especially in light of the relaxed security measures at the Capitol.
“[The] GOP removed magnetometers from House Chamber. We now have an honor system with extremists who flout rules, vow to take guns everywhere, hand out fake grenades & claim Biden’s election was fraudulent,”. “Honestly, I’m worried about security at [the] upcoming [State of the Union address].” Democratic strategist Laura Chapin pointed out that giving grenades as gifts is disrespectful to people who have been the victims of such weaponry at the hands of the U.S. military.
“I went to the War Remnants Museum in Saigon and saw photos of shredded bodies, including children, caused by grenades and other weapons of war,”
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