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He can do it in a bikini, for all I care. Let’s not pretend Congress stands on decorum now.
Or tradition. Or morals. Or principals. Or anything at all really. They just suck.
Principles*
I mean I suppose it doesn't stand on principals, either...
Didn’t one of them literally bring a big giant card with a photo of the president’s son’s dick on it for their speaking time?
“If those jagoffs in the House stop trying to shut our government down, and fully support Ukraine, then I will save democracy by wearing a suit on the Senate floor next week.”
Lol, go git em Fetterman
He added "Wouldya rather have a yinzer or an asshole up here? Your choice."
This is a losing issue for Republicans.
Do they think their base gives a shit about dress codes? Obviously not! But the fancy lads can't stand the thought of people not dressing correctly lol
Their base will get offended over anything & everything so long as it's not one of their own being criticized. They are forever hypocrites, and generally dumber than a box of rocks.
Eh, the base will forget about this in a week if its not right in front of their faces on TV. It's just not something they actually care about.
Some issues ignite a fire in the base and sustain themselves, like racism and queerphobia, but dress codes ain't it.
Something something tan suit!
They don’t give a shit about dress code. They give a shit about having an excuse to be angry about something.
I guarantee if some GOPer showed up in a stained wifebeater with camo shorts and crocs, they would be celebrated as ‘just like us’ and ‘a hero of the people.’
"we must protect the sanctity of that place at all costs"
I fucking refuse to hear Republicans speak of sanctity after the shit they've pulled since 2015.
The sanctity of this place has been fouled.
-- John Fetterman and the warrior from Diablo 1
As she looked up from the crotch of the man she was manually ejaculating in public, Ms. Boebert was quoted as saying, "shorts is so bad, it's such disrespectful to the government and stuff".
I'm just here to upvote the phrase 'trailer-park visigoths'. Carry on.
I like it, it has some metaphorical levels, but I'm torn because Rome definitely had it coming.
Hell, did you know the Visigoths allowed women to inherit property and noble titles? They were the woke mob destroying the literal patriarchy by 410 AD standards.
I don’t give a fuck. What are we doing about the worthless traitor filth who salivate at the thought of installing a dictator?
Destroying Democracy = A-okay!
Not wearing a suit = Unimaginably evil!
Why do people care what they wear when congress is fucking us over regardless?
Because without the illusion of decorum putting a degree of separation between the common man and the senator, people might start to realize that the ones fucking them over are just as regular as the rest of us and maybe start to think about doing something about it.
I think that's pretty much Fetterman's point. Well, that and that he'll wear whatever he damn well pleases.
So what, Ted Cruz is usually wearing a bodysuit out of human skin and nobody bats an eye.
Let's go back to powdered wigs, knickers and coat tails. I'm sure Mitch McConnel remembers those.
“Mr McConnell, would you care to comment?”
“Well—”
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Disgusting.
How could Schumer let somebody who OBVIOUSLY skips leg day preside over the senate?
What kind of example is he setting for the kids? How can I be expected to get my son to pound out squats to exhaustion before school if THIS is supposed to be a role model?
Dailywire is absolute trash anyway
I get that this guy rolls how he wants to roll but I just wish someone would buy him clothes that fit. They can be cool clothes, shorts and whatever, put on a hoodie, that's all rad but just make it fit
he has such a strange body though he'd probably need to get something tailored, which kinda defeats the point of his style to relate average Americans.
I get making the dress code more lax, no reason business casual should be unacceptable. And yeah, Republicunts are hypocrits as always. But are we sure about no dress code at all? People joke in this thread about congressfolks showing up in fursuits or banana slings, but how long is it until someone actually unironically tries that?
They are angry they didn't think of it first and some working class people could be thinking hmmm this guy dresses like me maybe he isn't so bad like republicans say.
Well shoot, if this keeps up they might have to start trying to judge people by the content of their character instead of just their virtue signaling. Do you know how fast the system would fall apart if voters actually had to figure out what kind of person their representatives were?
Elect me to congress and I'll show up to the first session after my swearing-in wearing a $10,000 full-body fursuit, and I'll use my own money to buy it, not a single cent of taxpayer funding required.
This is wonderful. That being said, why are we linking to The Daily Wire?
I'm surprised nobody showed up as a furry, or at the very least Boebert in a banana sling.
Let's show some guts damnit
He should wear a tie over a vee neck just to fuck with them
I think he should wear one of these.
Okay. I have to say, I don't like the idea of making the US Senate more casual. Fetterman should be wearing a shirt and pants.
However, as far as I understand, this is still the Republicans fault for not being able to agree on what the wording of the rule regarding what clothing is appropriate. So if they don't like Fetterman's outfits, they still have themselves to blame here.
Probably an unpopular opinion but I stand by it.
I think there is some value in dressing nice and decorum. The same way we dress nice for family dinner or wear business casual to work even though there might be no dress code, it shows respect. That being said, if anyone is outraged at this then they completely lost the track. We're long way past the point of caring about "decorum" in the senate. Dressing nice is like that nice little cherry on top of the sundae, it does not fucking matter if the sundae is made of literal shit.