Sen. Spencer Coggs & protester outburst during Voter Suppression debate 5.17.11

[NobbyBear08]

Who is that FUCKING JOKE chewing gum, wearing Sunglasses and throwing a FIT ... who does this stupid fuck think he is? FUCKING REPUBLICANS !

[swordandthefaith]

Oh to know what the speaker said to Erpenbach when he called him up at the beginning of the recess.

[greenhornetbird]

C'mon Coggs, be clear that it wasn't the people who were being arrested who were causing the disturbance, it was the people doing the arresting and the Republican senators who were directing those officers to do the arresting that were causeing the disturbance.

Thank you Jon Erpenbach! You're a hero!

[Jettness2005]

@greenhornetbird I think Cogg understood what was going on. Just earlier during the session Erpenbach questioned the earlier removal of people from the gallery in which (I can't recall if it was fitzgerald or grothman) mentioned that they had talked to capitol police and asked that they remove people who were/(may have been?) involved in previous senate disturbances. Not a direct quote and I'm paraphrasing.

[Devon8999]

Wrong, the man was being arrested for waving his hands. He was asked to stop, and did not do so again. The supervisor didn't want the man there, the outburst came when the man was being dragged away by the cops.

[Devon8999]

@Devon8999 By the way, when they reconvened the man yelling was outside the gallery, but you could still hear arguing.

[Jettness2005]

@Devon8999 I was sitting right next to the man. He did stop after the first warning. 

[arthurkr222]

@Devon8999 Was doing no such waving. My hands were in my lap and I bounced my shoulders a little bit. But it is true that the main reason I was asked to leave was because one of the Senate page's doesn't like me and wanted me to leave for no valid reason.