The Alaska House minority caucus melted down on Saturday, causing chaos in the House Chambers. House Minority leader Calvin Schrage threatened the House Speaker on the floor of the House and some Democrats refused to vote.
After Rep. Zack Fields talked over House Speaker Cathy Tilton repeatedly and some Democrats refused to vote at all on an amendment to House Bill 183, which is a bill to protect girls and women, Rep. Schrage stood up and told Speaker Tilton that if she proceeded with her ruling on a procedural vote, there would be consequences for her for years to come.
That is a threat of implied action that could be seen as personal, political, or both; it clearly contained an “if, then” clause in the statement of threat.
The Democrats in the House don’t want HB 183 to pass, because they seek to protect boys and men who want to compete against women and girls in public schools and universities in Alaska.
The threat came up during the “Chess Amendment,” a delay-tactic amendment that would be one of over 100 to be offered by Democrats. The amendment says that chess tournaments are exempted from HB 183.
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