Arrest Warrant Issued for Democratic State Rep. After One Too Many at the Bar Leads to Disgusting Threat Toward the Business

A warrant for the arrest of a Pennsylvania state representative was issued Tuesday in a move that could have implications for control of the state House. Democratic Rep. Kevin J. Boyle was already facing what KYW-TV…

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The outlet noted that Boyle had not yet turned himself in to

Police

as of Wednesday, and as of Saturday afternoon that appeared to still be the case.

Meanwhile, Democrats in the Pennsylvania House, led by Majority Leader Matt Bradford, offered a new proposal that would allow sanctions or even expulsion from the House in the event a state representative is found to be “incapacitated,” The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Boyle reportedly participated in a vote remotely this week, even as Police sought to take him into custody, leading to what the AP referred to as “intense criticism” of the current House procedure.

The new process would “establish a new group consisting of five House leaders to determine if a representative is impaired physically or mentally so that they are not able to perform their duties,” the outlet reported.

Boyle’s brother, U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle, told WPVI-TV in a statement that his brother suffered from “a serious Mental health condition” that had first showed itself in 2021 but appeared to have been successfully treated at that time.

His symptoms, began returning several months ago, the outlet said.

“Boyle lost his committee chairmanship and Capitol access privileges in February after a videotaped episode at a Montgomery County bar where he was aggressively rude to the staff and appeared intoxicated,” according to the AP.

That video appears below, as posted to X by PhillyCrimeUpdate, which said that Boyle had to be removed from the establishment by law enforcement.

There does not appear to be any record of criminal charges having been filed against Boyle as a result of that incident.

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This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.