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Ben Sasse

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
549 total appearances

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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

But I would sit outside a staff and senator door entrance to the Russell Building, where my office was, where I'd come out of the gym, and I looked like a dude who just either woke up hungover or just worked out.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

And I was wearing Umbro shorts 30 years out of date, you know?

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

But I was sitting there, and a lot of my colleagues are coming in, and we end up in a series of conversations where Schumer is standing there perennially.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

In his full, you know, majority, minority leader suit.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

So a lot of times he'd come in not having yet showered, but wearing the suit that he was going to wear for the day.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

But he's got full on, you know, bedhead.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

Chuck's standing there and I'm sitting on this marble rail and a series of people.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

Tom Cotton, John McCain.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

But Chuck and I are standing there, but Schumer talks with his hands, like, you know, very Brooklyn, and his hands are waving around, and there's this piece of, you know, metal that's off the Russell Building that looks like a giant joint.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

And because he keeps talking with his hands at different points, it looks like he's got, you know, a 13 inch reefer hanging out of his hand.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

And I'm talking there clearly just, you know, high outside of a wedding.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

And McCain is buttoned up.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

Tom Cotton is buttoned up.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

It became a very fun meme.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

And people still give me versions of it as like Christmas ornaments.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

Because you're 54, you become 94 years old.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Ben Sasse on How to Live While Dying

More morphine for the lot of you.