‘I Plan To Wear A Bikini’ To ‘Senate Floor’ - Top Female Senator Stuns Reporters

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So as you guys may or may not know, Senator Charles Schumer of New York, the Senate Majority

Leader, has apparently, apparently I say, because he hasn't made an official statement

relaxed the dress code in the Senate. Now normally, dress code is a jacket, a shirt, a tie, and that's how you dress, right

For the men. Women, of course, have a different dress code. I'm not exactly sure what it is, but it's obviously, you know, it's decorum, it's tradition

This is the Senate. This is not a frat party. It's not a clubhouse

It's the Senate of the United States, supposedly the most deliberate, deliberating body in

the world, the most precious deliberating body in the world. And you know, there's supposed to be some decorum there

There's supposed to be some type of dress code. There's supposed to be some kind of professionalism

Well, it appears, and a lot of Republicans believe, that the dress code has been relaxed

to accommodate Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Now, I know that he has depression

I know that he had stroke. I know that he has anxiety, I believe

And there could be a reason he dresses like that. Maybe it eases his anxiety

As a person who has suffered from and still suffers from anxiety, I can understand how

something like that could actually play a big role. And so I'm pretty forgiving about this for him

But not a lot of Republican senators are. Well, what happened is one Republican senator, she took it a little bit to the extreme

In speaking with reporters about the dress code or the lack thereof recently in, you

know, in the Senate, Republican Senator Susan Collins threatened, mockingly, jokingly, that

she would wear a bikini to the Senate and that Chris Coons would wear a pair of shorts

And I get the joke. I understand the joke. But Senator Collins, please, on behalf of America, I implore you, please, please don't

wear a bikini. Not even just to the Senate. Just don't do it

Just please don't wear a bikini anywhere at any time, ever, unless you're by yourself

in your house and then knock yourself out. But I get her point, though

Her point is valid. Her point is that this is not the way the Senate should behave, that there should be

a dress code. There should be a certain amount of decorum. There should be a way that senators, and again, the most important deliberative body in at

least the Western hemisphere, right, if not the world, conducts itself. And I do think that it's not a big ask to wear a shirt and a tie and a jacket if you're

a man in the Senate. Again, I am sympathetic to Senator Federman

And if this does have to do with his anxiety, I'm particularly sensitive and an understanding

of that. And if he would say that, then I think you could say, look, we're making an accommodation

for this one senator for this particular reason, rather than saying we're just going to forget

the rules for everybody, which I think is the big mistake here

Now, Republicans have sent a letter, a bunch of them signed it, to Senator Schumer asking

him not to relax the dress code, you know, for the same reasons

The prestige, the aura of the Senate would be destroyed by it

And I tend to agree with that. So you know, I want to know what you guys think, though

Is this important? Please let me know in the comments. Also, you know, do you think an accommodation should be made for Federman if this is related

to his anxiety issues? Those are things I want to hear from you guys

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