The Democrat-led House Ethics Committee announced on Monday its intention to fine Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Bob Good (R-Va.), and Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) for violating a House mask mandate put in place with no Republican support.
The rule, introduced as House Resolution 38 (H.R. 38) in January, directs the House Sergeant-at-Arms “to impose a $500 fine for a first offense and a $2,500 fine for any subsequent offense against a Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commissioner for failure to wear a mask in contravention of the Speaker’s announced policies of January 4, 2021.”
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had earlier put the mandate in place for all members; H.R. 38 merely cemented the speaker’s diktat as a finable offense.
However, the resolution received zero Republican support when it came to the House floor…