A snowball, a Justin Bieber poster, and a blown-up Trump tweet: The 10 best props members of Congress have brought to the floor
C-SPAN might have a reputation for mind-numbing content, but once in a while lawmakers on Capitol Hill spice up the legislative debate with an eye-catching prop.
Highlights have included Sen. James Inhofe's snowball, which he brought to the floor as evidence that climate change is a "hoax" and Rep. Luis Gutierrez's poster of pop stars Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez, which he used to illustrate that racial profiling is ineffective in determining a person's immigration status.
Here are the 10 best props members of congress have brought to the floors of the House and Senate in recent years:
10. Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine, attempted to sketch out the Battle of Gettysburg on the 150th anniversary of the famous fight in 2013.
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Source: YouTube
9. In a speech denouncing GOP lawmakers' Obamacare repeal and replace legislation, Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell used a poster printed with "War on Medicad," misspelling the name of the government healthcare program. The mistake prompted critics to dub the lawmaker "Sen. Cantspell."
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Source: Fox News
8. In October 2013, Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn accused President Donald Trump of negotiating with non-democratic world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but not with Republican lawmakers in Washington.
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Source: Congressman Doug Lamborn
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