Rep's "coup d'etat"
comments offend
House Republicans

by Jim Piggott,
WJXT-TV
[Jacksonville FL]

July 16, 2004

Think the passions from the 2000 presidential election have cooled?
Certainly not in the House, which voted Thursday to strike a Florida
representative's words from the record after she said Republicans "stole"
that closely fought contest.

The verbal battle broke out after Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., proposed a
measure barring any federal official from requesting that the United Nations
formally observe the U.S. elections on Nov. 2. His proposal was approved
243-161 as an amendment to a $19.4 billion foreign aid bill, with 33
Democrats joining all 210 voting Republicans in voting "yes."

Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., and several other House Democrats have made that
suggestion. They argue that some black voters were disenfranchised in 2000
and problems could occur again this fall.

"We welcome America to observe the integrity of our electoral process and we
do not ask, though, for the United Nations to come as monitors at our
polling stations," Buyer said.

"I come from Florida, where you and others participated in what I call the
United States coup d'etat. We need to make sure it doesn't happen again,"
Brown said. "Over and over again after the election when you stole the
election, you came back here and said, 'Get over it.' No, we're not going to
get over it. And we want verification from the world."

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At that point, Buyer demanded that Brown's words be "taken down," or removed
the debate's permanent record.
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The House's presiding officer, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, ruled that
Brown's words violated a House rule.

"Members should not accuse other members of committing a crime such as,
quote, stealing, end quote, an election," Thornberry said.

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When Brown objected to his ruling, the Republican-run House voted 219-187
along party lines to strike her words.
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Contacted Thursday night, Brown told Channel 4's Tom Wills that the House's
action isn't the end of it.

"If you read the front page of the New York Times today, it sums it up:
Florida's trying to steal the election again -- another coup d'etat -- and
I'm just not going to sit by and let it happen," Brown said. "You can gag my
voice on the floor ... everybody's going to know about it."



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Rep's "coup d'etat"
comments offend
House Republicans

by Jim Piggott,
WJXT-TV
[Jacksonville FL]

July 16, 2004

Think the passions from the 2000 presidential election have cooled?
Certainly not in the House, which voted Thursday to strike a Florida
representative's words from the record after she said Republicans "stole"
that closely fought contest.

The verbal battle broke out after Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., proposed a
measure barring any federal official from requesting that the United
Nations
formally observe the U.S. elections on Nov. 2. His proposal was approved
243-161 as an amendment to a $19.4 billion foreign aid bill, with 33
Democrats joining all 210 voting Republicans in voting "yes."

Rep. Corrine Brown, D-Fla., and several other House Democrats have made
that
suggestion. They argue that some black voters were disenfranchised in 2000
and problems could occur again this fall.

"We welcome America to observe the integrity of our electoral process and
we
do not ask, though, for the United Nations to come as monitors at our
polling stations," Buyer said.

"I come from Florida, where you and others participated in what I call the
United States coup d'etat. We need to make sure it doesn't happen again,"
Brown said. "Over and over again after the election when you stole the
election, you came back here and said, 'Get over it.' No, we're not going
to
get over it. And we want verification from the world."


************************************************** **************************
*********
At that point, Buyer demanded that Brown's words be "taken down," or
removed
the debate's permanent record.

************************************************** **************************
**********

The House's presiding officer, Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, ruled that
Brown's words violated a House rule.

"Members should not accuse other members of committing a crime such as,
quote, stealing, end quote, an election," Thornberry said.


************************************************** **************************
***********
When Brown objected to his ruling, the Republican-run House voted 219-187
along party lines to strike her words.

************************************************** **************************
*************

Contacted Thursday night, Brown told Channel 4's Tom Wills that the
House's
action isn't the end of it.

"If you read the front page of the New York Times today, it sums it up:
Florida's trying to steal the election again -- another coup d'etat -- and
I'm just not going to sit by and let it happen," Brown said. "You can gag
my
voice on the floor ... everybody's going to know about it."



Published by
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