My officemate Jesse overheard me watching this video just now and proffered one of those questions that doesn’t seem as obvious as it should be until it’s finally asked: howis it even possible that someone can take to the podium in the United States Congress and say something like this and not get laughed out of the chamber?
Because no one is there! I used to give tours of the Capitol and one of the best parts was seeing these people speaking to, literally, no one! No one is in the chamber generally except for those few people at the front (none of whom listen) and maybe two other reps waiting to speak for a minute about whatever they want.
