AOC wants her lies on the record
Lawmakers will share their personal stories of the Jan. 6 attack on the House floor tonight.
.@AOC will kick off the special order hour pic.twitter.com/rhj10BGe9F
— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) February 4, 2021
This is important, it puts her lies on record.
Here is why this is critical.
The speech and debate clause of the Constitution protects Members of Congress from libel and slander for things they say on the Floor.
This is how Harry Reid could say Mitt Romney never paid taxes and not get in trouble. He said it from the Floor.
If this is an official House activity, AOC can accused Republicans of anything and she’s protected by the speech and debate clause.
If there is a place for her to say “Rep/Senator [Republican] coordinated with people in the crowd to find and murder me,” she is not liable for slander.
IANAL, and I very well could be wrong, but I suspect that she’s been caught in a lie that is getting dangerously close to getting her into real legal trouble, and by making this airing of grievances a House function she’s invoking Constitution protection unique to Congress to continue to lie.