Posted on 09/21/2023 6:14:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) presided over the Senate on Wednesday wearing a short-sleeve shirt, no tie, and shorts days following the controversial decision to stop enforcement of the chamber’s dress code.
The senator from Pennsylvania took his turn sitting as the presiding officer while some of his GOP colleagues, including Sens. John Thune (R-SD), Rand Paul (R-KY), and John Cornyn (R-TX), delivered remarks on the Senate floor.
Reporters caught up with Fetterman after his session had ended. “The world didn’t spin off its axis. You know, I just did it … I think we will still go on,” he said, according to an NBC News reporter.
In a change first revealed over the weekend that is tailored only to affect senators and not staff members, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) directed the Senate’s sergeant-at-arms to stop enforcement of the informal rules dictating that members wear business attire on the Senate floor.
“Senators are able to choose what they wear on the Senate floor. I will continue to wear a suit,” Schumer said in a statement to Axios, the first news outlet to report the change over the weekend.
Relaxing enforcement of the dress code, which appears to be more of a tradition than written policy, has sparked jokes as well as blowback from members of the Senate on both sides of the aisle.
Much of the uproar has been directed at Fetterman, a freshman senator who is well known for often wearing hoodies and gym shorts, leading to the change being dubbed “The Fetterman Rule.” The Associated Press reported earlier this year how Fetterman worked around the dress code rules for the Senate floor by popping in to vote from the doorway of the Democratic cloakroom or side entrance.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told the media that he talked to Fetterman and said he thought the dress code decision was “wrong” and that he would “try to hold the decorum of the Senate.”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was asked if he would restore the old rules if Republicans retake the upper chamber.
“I think I’m pretty safe in saying most if not all Republican senators think we ought to dress up to go to work. So I can’t imagine that we’re going to be wearing jeans on the Senate floor anytime soon,” McConnell said, according to The Hill.
Forty-six Republican senators, led by Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), signed a letter to Schumer demanding that he reverse the “misguided” rules change.
“The world watches us on that floor and we must protect the sanctity of that place at all costs,” the letter said, adding, “Allowing casual clothing on the Senate floor disrespects the institution we serve and the American families we represent.”
Fetterman has taken to social media to advertise hoodies and other clothing that mocks his critics.
In a post to X from his Senate account, Fetterman said, “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.”
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Well they have been passing some defecated laws/rules so it
wouldn't be anything new. Just following tradition.
Why???? Because he is a Dem and they destroy everything they touch. Look no further than the very cities they run....
I can’t tell who it is, though................
Backing Oz was another one of Trump’s terrible endorsements in 2022. Other than incumbents and senators in extremely safe states, his choices did very poorly.
no kidding. what is with Pennsylvania?
i am going to insist there be at least a no speedo rule
if you wear a suit and tie you get 100% of your salary
anything else 50%
It’s the disrespect. That’s why. It’s a giant middle finger to tradition. He’s mocks the country. All by design.
Most of them should be dressed up like the prostitutes they are.
Let them wear race car driver suits with patches of the names and korporate logos of all their bribers.
Then again, this aligns directly with the mulatto-marxist-muslim's declaration in 2008 of the coming "fundamental transformation of the United States of America".
Well, it's here ... and it ain't good!
They didn’t steal it. There are half a million more registered Dems in Pa. And when Roe was overturned, he went after the womens vote...and pulled a lot of “one item” women from Oz.
Blew up the photo. It looks like Bob Casey.
“he went after the womens vote”
He was in his basement, literally. He didn’t go after anything.
“IDIOCRACY in REAL LIFE..........................”
That is one of my all time favorite movies. It has been a while since I’ve seen it. Time to get it out again!
We’re talking Fetterman..and he wasn’t in hos basement...he was having pink rallies all over the place.
This Frankenstein monster should be Joey’s running mate. Doesn’t matter which one heads the ticket.
I notice McConnell dodged a bit when asked about the dress code.
This is a spit in the face from the Left and nothing more. You can bet the Leftist Dems in congress are loving this. Will it eventually backfire? When is enough? Where will the tipping point be? How much further will America Patriots be shoved into mud?
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