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Stunt(ed)

Today, as the government shutdown continues, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Twitter: @AOC  @RepAOC) and some of her girlfriends took a little road trip around the capitol area, looking for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, planning to hand him a Leftist petition demanding he force a vote to end it.

Hoping to recreate the dramatic (read: hysterical) moment when activists cornered Senator Jeff Flake during the Justice Kavanaugh hearings, they went building-to-building, followed by the adoring, opportunist media, snapping selfies and posting action shots of their stunt on social media.

But they got lost, going to all the wrong places.

When they finally did find his office, he wasn’t there so they handed the petition to his staff.  Then, after a squad huddle, they decided to hand copies to anyone they could find in the Senate Cloak Room – you know, to “get the word out” – but didn’t have enough copies.  In a gesture of profound magnanimity, McConnell staffers helped the kids make more copies.

First off, we have three branches of government and these self-imagined heroines don’t get to just cross-over and demand to see the leader of another branch.  Hell, even their own leader wouldn’t give in to this type of nonsense.

Second, you are members of the US House of Representatives, not some whiny, pissed-off college kids hoping to dramatically confront the Dean about limited campus parking, or the scary Conservative guest lecturer who is surely going to trigger you and your snowflake friends when he speaks tonight.

But to Generation-Z (zipper head), I guess everything is a hyper-dramatic reality show, dripping with indignance and victimhood.

Must.  Find.  Senator.  McConnell.  Before.  It’s.  Too.  Late…..(dramatic sigh).

If the world wasn’t laughing at you before, they surely are now (at least the sane portion of it).

But, hey, this is a gift that keeps on giving, right? Democrats can continue to pull their childish stunts (if they aren’t staging a sit-in on the House floor, they are throwing a temper-tantrum somewhere), while Republicans go about their grown-up business, trying to avoid stepping in whatever the circus left in its trail.

I’m sure President Trump will rightfully find a juicy way to admonish Cortez and her squad’s zany antics – I’ll be watching his Twitter feed later for the entertainment.

Those silly kids.  I hope Scooby can get them out of this mess!

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