. @LeaderHoyer - who has a security detail - laughingly admits he hasn’t been thru a metal detector “in a long time.” But he says, “It’s important for everyone to do it.”
/2 Members aren’t loving the metal detectors. They can’t seem to figure out metal - like a phone - sets off metal detectors. @laurenboebert, who has talked about carrying a gun, didn’t want anyone to look in her bag
/3 Am told another Republican tried to get on floor without been screened only to repeatedly stopped by Cap Police
/4 Members are not good at waiting in line. Not their thing
/5 Told by other reporters that @laurenboebert apparently was allowed on floor despite refusing her bag to be searched
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