This is absolute gold. Republican Congressman John Rose, who serves the sixth district of Tennessee in the House of Representatives, thought he was getting a shining moment to monologue about how wronged Donald Trump was by the justice system.
Instead, his son completely stole the show:
https://twitter.com/Fritschner/status/1797676933905551858
At first glance I thought this was somehow digitally edited and that there was no way a child would be allowed to clown around in this fashion inside the walls of such a sacred political arena. But nope, Rep. Rose explained what led to the viral moment on X.
https://twitter.com/RepJohnRose/status/1797688453209211143
Let's not get too in the weeds on politics or Donald Trump's salacious misdeeds. Say what you will about Rep. Rose as a politician. Google tells me he has only a 1.8/5 star rating from 18 constituent reviews. Not the best approval rating. What I can approve of is his wholesomely mischievous little guy being allowed on camera. Rep. Rose's son is a star in the making, and if we're being honest, he captured the essence of how many of us feel about the American political scene these days.
It's so funny how any given grown adult can get all high horse-y or soapbox-y — we all do a little bit of that on occasion, no? — only to be undercut in side-splitting fashion by a jovial child who reminds us how silly and self-serious we too often are. Maybe Rep. Rose can get a few more higher-end Google reviews off of this stunt. Intended consequence or not, what a brilliant low-key ploy by Rep. Rose to boost his approval rating.
Regardless of which political aisle side you're on, can't we all unite and agree this kid is the man? That seems to be the consensus among all the reactions to this instant-classic C-SPAN clip.
https://twitter.com/ObsFromLife/status/1797688322791510527
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1797692443766460879
https://twitter.com/taradublinrocks/status/1797688184891126265
https://twitter.com/crucker/status/1797697610221826414
https://twitter.com/trackzero/status/1797706796083433716
https://twitter.com/MeltedDollParts/status/1797699604378751232
https://twitter.com/EricKleefeld/status/1797679457903501463
https://twitter.com/clalter59/status/1797683439791137153
https://twitter.com/Acealmighty13/status/1797689312697606577