Boehner Bounces Vet Out of His Office: "Stay Out"

"And stay out!"

Officer Sean Watkins, a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2, visited Speaker of the House John Boehner’s office during his office hours to present his elected representative with 30,000 signatures from constituents in the district requesting that Mr. Boehner not defend DOMA in court.

The defense, which our own president has already said to be unconstitutional, is expected to cost taxpayers upwards of fifty million dollars at a time when Republicans are cutting funding to NPR, PBS, and even the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Officer Watkins was not permitted to enter Boehner’s office, and was eventually locked out, even though he visited during open office hours, and is a constituent of Boehner’s. Oh, and there was the little matter of the 30,000 signatures, also Boehner’s constituents. Thankfully, the entire affair was caught on video by Get Equal. Watkins and his group were eventually arrested for their peaceful protest.