House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) created a “new rule” on his committee for people like Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Insider reports.
When one of her “flurry of nonsensical amendments turned out to be reasonable,” McGovern blocked it from going to the House floor and a Republican committee member wanted to know why, according to Robert Draper’s new book, Weapons of Mass Delusion.
Said McGovern: “We have a new rule in the Rules Committee. If you’re batshit crazy, you’re not getting an amendment. I’m sorry. We’re not doing this. We’re not doing this. I’m not going down that road. I’m not going to be part of any effort to legitimize people who are fucking lunatics.”


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