Capitol cops are ordered to ARREST staff and visitors who refuse to wear masks 

Nancy sends in the mask police: Capitol cops are ordered to ARREST staff and visitors who refuse to wear face coverings (but not members of Congress!)

US Capitol Police have been ordered to arrest visitors and staff who refuse to wear a mask on the House side of the Capitol complex.

The policy, which goes into effect on Thursday, will not apply to members of Congress who refuse to wear masks, according to a police memo obtained by a lawmaker.

Members of Congress who do not wear masks inside the complex will be reported to the House sergeant-at-arms, according to the memo. 

Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday vowed to defy a requirement that visitors and staff wear masks inside the Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seen above on Wednesday

US Capitol Police have been ordered to arrest visitors and staff who refuse to wear a mask on the House side of the Capitol complex. Capitol Police Mountain Bike officers secure the plaza on Thursday (above)

US Capitol Police have been ordered to arrest visitors and staff who refuse to wear a mask on the House side of the Capitol complex. Capitol Police Mountain Bike officers secure the plaza on Thursday (above)

House Rep. Kat Cammack, a Republican from Florida, posted a copy of the memo on her Twitter feed

House Rep. Kat Cammack, a Republican from Florida, posted a copy of the memo on her Twitter feed

Cammack tweeted: 'In today’s edition of Pelosi's abuse of power, Capitol Police have been directed to arrest staff and visitors to comply with her mask mandate for vaccinated individuals'

Cammack tweeted: ‘In today’s edition of Pelosi’s abuse of power, Capitol Police have been directed to arrest staff and visitors to comply with her mask mandate for vaccinated individuals’ 

Cammack then vowed that she would defy the mask requirement. 'I will not comply, Nancy,' the congresswoman tweeted.

Cammack then vowed that she would defy the mask requirement. ‘I will not comply, Nancy,’ the congresswoman tweeted.

House Rep. Kat Cammack, a Republican from Florida, posted a copy of the memo on her Twitter feed.

Cammack tweeted: ‘In today’s edition of Pelosi’s abuse of power, Capitol Police have been directed to arrest staff and visitors to comply with her mask mandate for vaccinated individuals. 

‘For Members, they advise not arresting but “reporting Members to SAA for their failure to comply”.’ 

Cammack then vowed that she would defy the mask requirement.

‘I will not comply, Nancy,’ the congresswoman tweeted. 

‘Certainly not with a mandate that is based on an unpublished, failed peer review study conducted in India.   

‘This is not your House. This is the People’s House. 

‘Get it right.’ 

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