The man who assaulted Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, tried to tie him up "until Nancy got home," according to two sources familiar with the situation. When the police arrived, the assailant was saying he was "waiting for Nancy."
Surprising congress doesn't have its own guards but probably there is a good reason congresspeople don't want to subordinate their security to the executive branch
They do. The US Capitol Police. It exists for exactly the reason you mention about subordination to the executive branch. The US Marshals exist for a similar reason to serve the judicial branch, but they answer to the Attorney General who is appointed by the President.
In practice, the whole thing is stupid though. Just a parliamentary LARP. Not much better than some Proud Boy neckbeard appointing themselves sergeant at arms of the local chapter. They follow the directives of congress, which changes hand time and time again. As some "extreme leftist" Democrat, I wouldn't trust my security falling into the hands of Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell every couple of years.
In the capitol the Capitol police "protect" them. I mean, they withdrew and left them with minimal security hoping they'd get massacred on Jan 6th, but they allegedly protect them.
At home they're on their own unless they can convince one of the local police departments to lend them a protection detail.
Surprising congress doesn't have its own guards but probably there is a good reason congresspeople don't want to subordinate their security to the executive branch
They do. The US Capitol Police. It exists for exactly the reason you mention about subordination to the executive branch. The US Marshals exist for a similar reason to serve the judicial branch, but they answer to the Attorney General who is appointed by the President.
In practice, the whole thing is stupid though. Just a parliamentary LARP. Not much better than some Proud Boy neckbeard appointing themselves sergeant at arms of the local chapter. They follow the directives of congress, which changes hand time and time again. As some "extreme leftist" Democrat, I wouldn't trust my security falling into the hands of Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell every couple of years.
In the capitol the Capitol police "protect" them. I mean, they withdrew and left them with minimal security hoping they'd get massacred on Jan 6th, but they allegedly protect them.
At home they're on their own unless they can convince one of the local police departments to lend them a protection detail.