Senator who told Elizabeth Warren to 'take a seat' got a not-so-warm welcome back to Montana
"You work for us!" Early in the week, Senator Steve Daines (MT) was presiding over the U.S. Senate when Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) began reading Coretta Scott King's letter detailing the racially-motivated voter suppression tactics of Jeff Sessions in Alabama. As you probably know by now, Sen. Mitch McConnell evoked an obscure rule to silence her and Sen. Daines agreed, telling Sen. Warren to "take a seat." Daine's legislative colleagues and constituents back home in Montana were not happy. State Senator Mo Essen formally apologized to Sen. Warren and joined with constituents to read Coretta Scott King's letter inside Daine's Missoula office: Daines staffers told the crowd, which was crammed into the small lobby, not to take photos or video due to sensitive information in the office. The crowd asked the staffers if they would step outside to listen to them. Staffers said they would prefer not to. So everyone stayed inside, and the protesters took photos and video anyway.Read full article from Senator who told Elizabeth Warren to 'take a seat' got a not-so-warm welcome back to Montana
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