Sorry, Rep. Klingenschmitt, You're Out of Order

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by: Colorado Pols

Via the AP's Kristen Wyatt, Colorado's most-discussed freshman state legislator Rep. Gordon "Dr. Chaps" Klingenschmitt ran smack into the merciless buzzsaw that is Robert's Rules of Order this morning:

Silence for aborted fetuses should be in a moment of personal privilege, not general announcements, @SpeakerDLH tells Klingeschmitt #coleg

— Kristen Wyatt (@APkristenwyatt) January 22, 2015

Here's video of Rep. Klingenschmitt's abortive (pun intended) moment of silence for "57 million American citizens lost since Roe v. Wade":

All things being equal, this could have been worse for the rookie GOP lawmaker, but he wisely chose not to press any objection. You see, the general announcements period in the morning is not for these kinds of political grandstand-y statements. It's for, well, general announcements. It's okay to take time on the House floor to make a more political statement of this kind, in what's known as a "moment of personal privilege"–but you have to have the permission of the Speaker of the House to do that, and Rep. Klingenschmitt did not.

It's a little humiliating, but certainly nothing to have a hunger strike over. Also not evidence of Speaker Dickey Lee Hullinghorst's demon possession, unless it's true, as we've heard, that demons are sticklers for parliamentary procedure. In which case…

Just kidding, "Dr. Chaps."

8 thoughts on “Sorry, Rep. Klingenschmitt, You’re Out of Order”

bullshit! says:

January 22, 2015 at 2:58 pm

I love how he pauses. "Do I freak out?" And then like….nope.

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yameniye says:

January 22, 2015 at 5:03 pm

I can hardly wait until he runs for governor or president – or both.

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MapMaker says:

January 22, 2015 at 10:16 pm

A tan suit???!!!!! DEMONS.

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1. mamajama55 says:
  
  January 23, 2015 at 5:58 am
  
  MM, you'd hardly expect him to wear a black suit, would you? That would be almost….satanic. At any rate, there's room for a demon and an angel under those shoulder pads.
  
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  1. Phoenix Rising says:
    
    January 23, 2015 at 8:42 am
    
    I thought they were supposed to sit ON the shoulder pads and whisper in his ears…
    
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    1. mamajama55 says:
      
      January 26, 2015 at 12:38 pm
      
      Theres room for platoons of devils and choirs of angels on those pads.
      
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IndyNinja says:

January 26, 2015 at 12:34 pm

Is no one else going to point out the error or referring to them as citizens?

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1. mamajama55 says:
  
  January 26, 2015 at 12:45 pm
  
  You're right, Indy…it's wishful thinking that fetii would be natural-born citizens. And what if they're undocumented -, little smuggler embryos with teeny tiny backpacks full of tourist tchotchkes to sell on the black market and take hardworking Coloradan's jobs?
  
  Would it be OK to take them out then?
  
  Time out while Chapster confers with his shoulder spirits.
  
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