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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