Democratic Sen. John Fetterman used the handful of pearls over changes to the U.S. Senate dress code to mock Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert amid her vaping and fondling scandal.
Boebert was kicked out of a performance of the musical Beetlejuice in Denver for unruly behavior on September 10.
Security footage showed the Colorado conservative vaping during the performance and tugging on the pants of his date, presumptive Democrat Quinn Gallager, while he rubbed her chest.
“I think if I start vaping and catch the pig during a live musical, they’ll make me a folk hero,” Fetterman said Tuesday on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
The Pennsylvania senator then shared a Fox News report accusing his sloppy fashion choices of degrading the Senate dress code.
Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania used the handful of pearls over changes to the U.S. Senate dress code to mock Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert amid her vaping and fondling scandal.
Fetterman referenced Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert’s vaping and fondling scandal in a tweet Tuesday as he responded to criticism from conservatives who blamed him for changes to the Senate dress code.
Security footage showed the Colorado conservative vaping during the performance and tugging on the pants of his date, presumptive Democrat Quinn Gallager, while he rubbed her chest.
“A lawmaker known for donning gym shorts and hoodies was blasted over Senate dress code change,” the post said, showing a photo of Fetterman wearing a red hoodie under his blue coat.
“Dress to impress? : People are furious after the Senate ditched its dress code — and they say there’s only one lawmaker to blame. Why the bar is “lowered,” the post on X also says.
In history, Fox News highlighted the comments about Fetterman made by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and former Trump administration official Stephen Miller.
“The Senate is no longer imposing a dress code on senators to appease Fetterman is shameful,” Greene wrote on Stop lowering the bar!”
And then Miller said, “So let me get this straight.” »
“The entire Senate is abandoning its rich history and devaluing itself before the world to accommodate the negligence of one man, John Fetterman? Miller thought. “Will a single senator object to this humiliation?
When Fetterman spoke to Fox, he told the conservative network, “I don’t know why the right seems to be losing their minds over this.”
Fetterman shared an article on Fox News that criticized him for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to no longer enforce the Senate’s “professional” dress code.
He also chastised Greene about X.
“Fortunately, the nation’s lower house lives by a higher code of conduct: displaying ding-a-ling photos during public hearings,” Fetterman said, a reference to Greene showing bare, minimally censored photos of Hunter Biden during from a congressional hearing in July.
Among senators, reactions to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to no longer enforce a “professional” dress code were mixed.
SSome senators scoffed at the idea, saying Republican The senator Susan Collins of Mainesaying, “I plan to wear a bikini tomorrow to the Senate.”
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who wears a bright green John Deere baseball cap at his home in Iowa, said he would not wear one in the Senate.
“What has been suggested is wrong, it is unprecedented, and if you can’t count on the Majority Leader of the United States Senate to uphold the decorum of the United States Senate, who can you call on? did he declare.
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley wore jeans, boots and no tie Monday night, an outfit he says he usually wears when he arrives from his home state for the first votes of the week.
“Now I can vote from the Senate on Monday,” Hawley said, noting that he usually wears a suit and tie every other day.
Although there is no formal dress code, men must wear a jacket and tie and women wear business attire. While in the Senate, the bills are visible to television cameras that broadcast Senate proceedings online and on C-SPAN.
Previously, if a senator did not wear clothing that met the requirements, they had to shout “Yes” or “No” from the chamber door so they would not be visible to cameras.
When Fetterman arrived at the Senate floor Monday evening, dressed casually, he still voted from the door, where cameras couldn’t capture him.
“Baby steps,” he told reporters as he boarded the elevator to return to his office.