Baby on the Senate floor:

[Kingofalldems]

Link to tweet

[KewlKat]

1. nice

[Squinch]

2. OK, she had a baby less than a month ago, and she's in her FIFTIES and she looks THAT

good???

But what a cutie that little peanut head is.

[ailsagirl]

29. She looks fantastic!!

And, of course, the little one is cute as can be

[sheshe2]

3. Sweet

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. An historic moment for moms, newborns, and Senators! What a great day.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. AWWWWWWW

They just sleep, eat, and poop at that age anyway (unless they get hungry).

[packman]

8. Are you talking about the baby or the senators?

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Thread winner and DUzy!!!

[3catwoman3]

15. I was thinking that the GOP side of the...

...aisle is full of whiny toddlers, so a newborn would be an improvement.

[LeftishBrit]

20. LOL!

[Wwcd]

6. K & R for the post! Congrats Sen Tammy & baby & this successful vote!

A leap up for all things great & small

[packman]

7. I'm all for Tammy in every way - BUT,

why bring an innocent child into that den of thieves, miscreants and villains?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Maybe

[longship]

9. I DURec and kick all Tammy Duckworth threads!!!

And now, all Little Duckworth threads, too.

[cungar2000]

11. Tought this was going to be what I saw after readin that headline

[DesertRat]

19. Nah, that baby isn't in Washington

He's too busy vacationing/golfing in Florida.

[progressoid]

25. That's a spoiled brat.

[Sam McGee]

13. Sorry, my mistake

When I read the headline "Baby on the Senate floor," I thought the article was about that whining Turtleface McConnell.

[AwakeAtLast]

38. .

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. OMGWTFBBQ ALL THE LIGHTS ARE DISTRACTING THE BABY AND IT WILL NEVER STOP CRYING.

Or so I heard around here.

[ehrnst]

24. Indeed. (nt)

[flibbitygiblets]

26. the comment about a baby who once farted and started crying was my personal fave

This is an important historic (and belated) moment that will change the way we think about women, senators, and babies forever.

About time all those old white men who want to control women's bodies get to spend some time with the actual result of those pregnancies they're so keen to enforce.

[Mariana]

27. And it's so DANGEROUS for the BABY to be on the SENATE FLOOR!!1!1

Won't SOMEONE PLEASE!!11! THINK about the WELFARE of the CHILD!1!!!1 Can't EVERYONE SEE that she's MISERABLE and STRESSED OUT!11! She's only being QUIET BECAUSE she's TERRIFIED by the NOISE and the LIGHTS and the PEOPLE1!!!1

[House of Roberts]

39. Noise and lights.

A friend of mine was raised in a bowling ally. I remember he slept so soundly until the league ended and it got quiet. THEN he'd wake up.

[Mariana]

41. Did you catch the thread in which Sen. Duckworth

was called a bad mother because the Senate floor is a really really really bad and unsafe place for the kid to be?

[Cha]

16. Wonderful image!

Mahalo, King!

[DesertRat]

17. This seemingly small gesture is a positive change for women (and future women) in politics

[NewJeffCT]

18. great picture

but, when I saw the headline, i was expected a picture of Trump visiting the Senate. Glad I was wrong.

[calimary]

23. Same here. Sure does lead you there, doesn't it!

[jmowreader]

21. This is not the "historic moment" it seems

There are 51 babies on the Senate floor at any moment. One more ain't gonna make a bit of difference.

[FailureToCommunicate]

28. AND some still wear, or prefer, diapers

They just need more binkies to go around to quiet that place down.

(Trying to imagine a sleeping baby in the British Parliament ...with all the yelling and such.)

[crazycatlady]

34. But Diaper Dave's political career is over

[FailureToCommunicate]

37. Sure, but that place is filled with old men. I 'spect there are a fair number of

diaper wearers. And cry babies.

[ehrnst]

22. I don't see the wheels of state coming to a grinding halt...

Good for her and her daughter!!!

[BobTheSubgenius]

30. Yes, about time.

But it's not like dozens before TD were refused permission. It's never come up before, has it? That said, I'm amazed at the ease with which this passed.

[marybourg]

32. The big change is that 50 year old women

didn't used to be able to have babies.

[EffieBlack]

31. This reminds me of when we used to call our relatives and excitedly yell, COLORED people on TV!

I’m not quite sure why your OP puts me in mind of that, but that was a really good feeling, so it’s all good.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

33. If we had More Mothers instead of fathers in Congress, legislation would be more HUMANE.

[llmart]

35. I'm rec'ing your post...

because - ain't it the truth!

[PearliePoo2]

36. Oh man, watching this video brought a totally unexpected lump in my throat!

This is so great!

Also totally cool watching Chuck Schumer give Senator Duckworth a 'two-thumbs up'!

[joanbarnes]

40. LOVE her and her joyful new Mom glow! There is nothing this woman cannot do!