‘I Plan To Wear A Bikini’ To ‘Senate Floor’ - Top Female Senator Stuns Reporters
Jul 26, 2024
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Hey ladies and gentlemen, this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America, and you know, threats
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So as you guys may or may not know, Senator Charles Schumer of New York, the Senate Majority
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Leader, has apparently, apparently I say, because he hasn't made an official statement
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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
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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
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This is the Senate. This is not a frat party. It's not a clubhouse
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It's the Senate of the United States, supposedly the most deliberate, deliberating body in
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the world, the most precious deliberating body in the world. And you know, there's supposed to be some decorum there
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There's supposed to be some type of dress code. There's supposed to be some kind of professionalism
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Well, it appears, and a lot of Republicans believe, that the dress code has been relaxed
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to accommodate Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania. Now, I know that he has depression
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I know that he had stroke. I know that he has anxiety, I believe
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And there could be a reason he dresses like that. Maybe it eases his anxiety
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As a person who has suffered from and still suffers from anxiety, I can understand how
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something like that could actually play a big role. And so I'm pretty forgiving about this for him
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But not a lot of Republican senators are. Well, what happened is one Republican senator, she took it a little bit to the extreme
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In speaking with reporters about the dress code or the lack thereof recently in, you
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know, in the Senate, Republican Senator Susan Collins threatened, mockingly, jokingly, that
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she would wear a bikini to the Senate and that Chris Coons would wear a pair of shorts
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And I get the joke. I understand the joke. But Senator Collins, please, on behalf of America, I implore you, please, please don't
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wear a bikini. Not even just to the Senate. Just don't do it
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Just please don't wear a bikini anywhere at any time, ever, unless you're by yourself
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in your house and then knock yourself out. But I get her point, though
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Her point is valid. Her point is that this is not the way the Senate should behave, that there should be
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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
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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
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a man in the Senate. Again, I am sympathetic to Senator Federman
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And if this does have to do with his anxiety, I'm particularly sensitive and an understanding
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of that. And if he would say that, then I think you could say, look, we're making an accommodation
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for this one senator for this particular reason, rather than saying we're just going to forget
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the rules for everybody, which I think is the big mistake here
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Now, Republicans have sent a letter, a bunch of them signed it, to Senator Schumer asking
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him not to relax the dress code, you know, for the same reasons
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The prestige, the aura of the Senate would be destroyed by it
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And I tend to agree with that. So you know, I want to know what you guys think, though
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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
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to his anxiety issues? Those are things I want to hear from you guys
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I'm Carmine Sabia. This is Explain America. We love you guys. God bless you
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