Unsafe Stunt: GOP Rep Reported To House Sergeant At Arms For Doing Pull-Ups “200 Feet Up” On Capitol Rail

Politico reports:

The Capitol Visitor’s Center has reported Rep. Rich McCormick to the House sergeant at arms, according to an email reviewed by POLITICO, accusing him of “unsafe actions” while on a tour of the Capitol’s dome Tuesday and doing pull-ups on railings suspended hundreds of feet above the ground.

The Georgia Republican went beyond a posted sign reading “no person permitted above this platform under any circumstances,” according to the email, and went over a safety railing at the “Tholos level” of the Capitol dome, more than 200 feet in the air.

Staff photographed him straddling the railing and pretending to fall or slide over, the email said, and recorded him bypassing the safety signage. He also reached up above the Tholos level to grab a crossbar and do multiple pull ups while his staff filmed, according to the account.

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McCormick, a freshman, was the author of the resolution censuring Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Last month Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accused him of “violently shaking” her by the shoulders during an argument. McCormick apologized, claimed he’d shaken her in jest.

GOP Rep. McCormick was reported to the House’s top security official for “unsafe actions” because he was doing pull-ups at the top of the Capitol dome. https://t.co/UKS40SbNxe

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