A new memo circulated on Capitol Hill this week after the CDC revised its guidelines for vaccinated Americans, instructing police to arrest visitors and staff who refuse to wear face masks in certain areas.
"Although this applies to the Members of Congress, officers should not arrest any Member for failure to wear a mask or to comply with the mask mandate," the guidance states. "Any Member who fails to comply with a request to wear a mask should be reported to the House Sergeant at Arm's office."
"This is such an overstep of Speaker Pelosi's authority to basically make our Capitol Police arrest staff members and report on members [of Congress]," Rep. Kat Cammack told Fox News Thursday. "It's absolutely unconscionable that this is where we're at."
"I cannot comply with this tyrannical order," Cammack added. "This is the people's house, not Nancy Pelosi's house."
"The speaker of the House does not control the U.S. Capitol Police," Pelosi spokesperson Drew Hammill told Fox News. "We were unaware of the memo until it was reported in the press."
"If you are a Capitol police officer you got orders … if a vaccinated staffer comes across in the House side without a mask you're ordered to arrest them, but not on the Senate side," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said. "This is not the America we know."
“To be clear: Pelosi is directing police to ARREST vaccinated people who aren’t wearing masks. This isn’t about science — it’s about power and control,” posted Rep. Steve Scalise on Twitter.
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