After the hue-and-cry over the dress code in the Speaker’s Lobby and the Congressional floor, which suddenly became terrible and sexist overnight, Speaker Paul Ryan announced that the dress code was due to be “modernized.”
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Ryan defended the sergeant-at-arms’s interpretation of the dress code but said it could be relaxed a bit.
“The sergeant-at-arms was simply enforcing the same interpretation of the rules as under my predecessors. It’s nothing new and certainly not something that I devised. At the same time, that doesn’t mean that enforcement couldn’t stand to be a bit modernized,” Ryan said.
“Decorum is important, especially for this institution, and a dress code in the chamber and the lobby makes sense,” the Speaker added. “We also don’t need to bar otherwise accepted contemporary business attire, so look for a change on that soon.”
Enter Nancy Pelosi, looking to make some political hay on the moment.
Glad to see @SpeakerRyan is updating the dress code for the House Floor. These unwritten rules are in desperate need of updates.
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) July 13, 2017
Check your LinkedIn for your last job. https://t.co/KhYhbc5Ft0
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) July 13, 2017
Does anyone have any ice for Minority Leader Pelosi? She needs it for the burn.
Then why did you uphold them during your tenure? https://t.co/uK0ehOTwnF
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) July 13, 2017
If only you had been in a position to do something about it yourself…
— Camille Barden (@karmacamilleon1) July 13, 2017
It didn't bother you at all when you were speaker. Why did you force the women to suffer?
— Dina Hinckley (@hinck07) July 13, 2017
Nancy Pelosi discriminated against women with an outdated Congressional dress code. Now, feminist icon Paul Ryan is modernizing said code.
— Joey Stein (@realyosefstein) July 13, 2017
Way to go @SpeakerRyan! Making strides for feminism @NancyPelosi refused to take.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) July 13, 2017
Well, to be fair to Nancy Pelosi, she seems to be having problems with her memory lately.
A lot of problems.
Maybe she has forgotten that she ever was Speaker of the House. And isn’t it time for someone to do a health and wellness check on Nancy Pelosi? She seems to be losing her grip.
I think the skin on her head is so tight its squeezing her brain.
I think you’re giving her too much credit, parker.
Johnny, she does have a brain, but it is shrinking hour by hour. Pretty soon she will talk about President Eisenhower.
The woman needs to be institutionalized. Period.
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