FIREWORKS: Sen. Roberts just offered Sen. Wyden a valium at the Steven Mnuchin hearing

The next four years are going to be awesome if this is going to happen all the time.

Republican Sen. Pat Roberts  just offered a valium to Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden before his next round of questions for Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin:

Sen. Roberts during Treasury confirmation hearing offers Valium to fellow senator, says he's said it to POTUS, after criticism. Getting ugly

— Nicole Rodriguez (@NicRodriguez) January 19, 2017

Sen. Roberts just told Sen. Wyden to take a valium and now the Senate Finance Committee is arguing over the horribly delivered joke

— Kira Lerner (@kira_lerner) January 19, 2017

.@SenPatRoberts says @RonWyden should take a valium? Maybe more Senators should be outraged by Wall St bankers that steal people's homes.

— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) January 19, 2017

Sen. Roberts then defended the joke:

"A little pinprick of humor might not hurt this committee once in a while" to a prickly @RonWyden over a Valium joke

— SalenaZito (@SalenaZito) January 19, 2017

https://twitter.com/AASchapiro/status/822108013947453440

LOL. Here’s the video where Roberts goes on to mock Wyden’s opening remarks and the fireworks over the joke:

.@SenPatRoberts: “Senator Wyden, I’ve got a Valium pill here that you might want to take.” https://t.co/51DvQ7wfJU

— Mick Krever (@mickbk) January 19, 2017

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