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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsVirginia Foxx gets ugly
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) chewed out a House staffer after catching her riding on a members only elevator, according to an ITK tipster who was on the scene.
But Foxxs office is calling our lookout's description of events in the elevator an "exaggeration."
Our spy hit the members button on the elevator after waiting (and waiting) for a lift on Tuesday. Elevators were slow that day because furniture was being moved around the Longworth House Office Building. When the members-only elevator arrived, our tipster and a female House staffer stepped in.
The elevator went up a single floor before the doors opened and Foxx walked in with an aide. ................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/271305-congresswoman-chews-out-staffer-for-riding-on-members-only-elevator
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Virginia Foxx gets ugly (Original Post)
marmar
Dec 2012
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riverbendviewgal
(4,253 posts)1. 69 going on 70
That is old and she looks older.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)2. She's been ugly on the inside for a long time.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)3. "Gets Ugly". You funny. nt
RoBear
(1,188 posts)4. Proving that
Beauty is only skin deep, but Ugly goes clean to the bone!
47of74
(18,470 posts)5. Members only...only during votes
An important thing that is missing here is that the elevator is only reserved for members only when there are votes going on. Cenk pointed it out here;