House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reprimanded the members of Congress for ignoring social distancing rules during an intervention where an objection to seating new House members of the 117 Congress was being resolved on the House floor. Pelosi told lawmakers that pandemic health and safety guidelines must be adhered to on the House floor at all times. “The unexpected intervention yesterday evening relating to not seating Members from states subject to an Electoral count challenge resulted in Members ignoring the Floor procedures that were established to keep Members safe,” Pelosi said in a statement Monday. “The intervention was not an invitation to gather on the Floor.” The intervention was made necessary when Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) challenged the seating of newly elected representatives from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, where election results are contested. After Roy objected, there was a span of about 12 minutes during which many members …