Senator Barbara Mikulski will be leaving Congress, and the DNC had a request in honor of the announcement:
Thank @SenatorBarb! She announced that she’ll leave Congress after decades in office: http://t.co/LP7KHrZssT pic.twitter.com/i0z6zZMzJN
— The Democrats (@TheDemocrats) March 2, 2015
We do thank her for leaving Congress! So there’s that bit of bipartisanship.
Vice President Joe Biden had this compliment for Mikulski … sort of:
@VP Biden on @SenatorBarb: "two years of Barbara Mikulski is like six years of any other senator."
— Patricia Zengerle (@ReutersZengerle) March 2, 2015
Joe Biden: I'm sad Mikulski is going, but she's still got 2 yrs left. "And 2 yrs of Barbara Mikulski is like 6 yrs of any other senator."
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) March 2, 2015
Biden: "there are still two years left. And two years of Barbara Mikulski is like six years of any other senator."
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) March 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/DavidNather/status/572485344312107008
Biden’s writers must have been pressed for time, because the the VP used the same line after Barbara Boxer announced she’d be leaving Congress.
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Oof: VP Biden used the same line for Mikulski as he did for Barbara Boxer in Jan.: "Two years of BM is like six years of any other senator"…
— Russell Berman (@russellberman) March 2, 2015
That does sound familiar:
Biden: “Two years of Barbara Boxer is like having four to six years of any other Senator."
— Sabrina Siddiqui (@SabrinaSiddiqui) January 8, 2015
Originality is not one of Joe Biden’s strong suits.