Posted on 09/17/2023 11:55:03 AM PDT by lowbridge
The United States Senate will no longer enforce a dress code for members of the upper house elected by those they serve.
"However, others entering the chamber must comply with the dress code. Coats/ties for men. Business attire for women," Chad Pergram, the Senior Congressional Correspondent for Fox News tweeted.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.-New York, quietly sent the directive to the Senate's Sergeant at Arms, news website Axios reported.
The change allows Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Penn., to continue wearing his trademark "hoodies and gym shorts" while working for Americans.
Fetterman was previously praised for "turning heads" and "redefining fashion in the stuffy Senate" during his recovery following a six-week stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where he was treated for "clinical depression" and "fitted for hearing aids for hearing loss that had made it harder for him to communicate."
The senator even found a "workaround" to the legislative body's dress code rules.
"He votes from the doorway of the Democratic cloakroom or the side entrance, making sure his ‘yay’ or ‘nay’ is recorded before ducking back out."
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“They changed the entire dress code for one stroked out lazy sloth?!”
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You can be 100% sure that no Republican coming into the senate would have been granted such a relaxation of the rules.
Susanna Gibson for Senate. She has a nice birthday suit all ready.
that’s how the schools got into the condition they are in now...
pandering to the lowest denominator
how long before we have a dem drag queen senator?
No one’s talking about appointing a horse to the Senate yet, so I guess we’ve got that going for us.
great!
now fetterman can speak from the floor of the senate
cant wait
GMTA.
Thanks for the mental photo..
I won’t be able to sleep tonight
Wait and see, some senator is going to push it too far;
“Senator X from Maine has just entered the chamber. He is dressed
in full Furry regalia: Full costumed of Scoobie Doo, the big brown cartoon Dog.
He is seen speaking to Senator Z from Houston, who appears to be dressed as Pikachu, albeit a 6ft 5in Pickachu.
All standards must be discarded.
When all else fails, lower standards.
That’s because you are a slob.
the result of electing Fetidman
Oh terrific, soon senators will be wearing skinny jeans and T-shirts and the women will be wearing daisy dukes and swim tops.
The dress code change is to keep in line with the personality of the overgrown pile of turds.
Symbolic of the present model of the unwashed that voted for the jerk.
Pennsylvanians should be ashamed of themselves for sending him to the “upper body” of Congress.
This Dumbing down and dressing down is inappropriate.
I am sick of Democrats, they cheapen and mar a, once proud, Senate.
I’d wear African garb like Johnny Cochran did at the OJ verdict. I’d do it when Affirmative Action is done with.
Krysten Simema in a thong...please
Start wearing pro life shirts and there will be plenty of wailing
I think removing Dress Codes is the first step in the downfall of any institution. I can remember “Coats/ties for men. Business attire for women” was the norm for public school teachers. This was back when kids were sent to public school for an education. Look at them today. Except the the rear beams and grey hair, you cannot tell a teacher from a student. Really. Look at the teachers and the students and the entire education industry.
I can also remember when a senator from Colorado had to get permission to wear a string tie because a normal tie choked him. But he was allowed and was still able to keep the proper decorum. Now, just watch, we will soon be looking at shorts & tees.
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