Kansas GOP Threatens Censure After 'Blood On Their Hands' Comment Still Resonates

This session is going to be feisty and a scathing comment from Shawnee Democratic Party Rep. Susan Ruiz still stings Republicans. 

Here's discussion and a warning going forward from the House majority . . . 

"Last year, there were some comments made on the final day of session that I think are still stuck with a lot of us here today," Speaker Pro Tem Blake Carpenter, R-Derby said.

He said it is up to Republican and Democratic legislators to step up when there is an infringement of decorum to make a point of order. The presiding officer then stops the debate.

"If there is a legitimate reason for why that point of order was issued, then at that point, corrective actions can then take place," Carpenter said. "If you go read Mason's (Manual of Legislative Procedure), there's the ability to censure from the floor if something rises to that level.

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