Tulsi Gabbard

I didn't come here looking for any of this.

This is just weird.

The first reception that I went to hadn't been sworn in yet.

They bring all the new members of Congress in a few weeks before you're sworn into office.

They call it freshman orientation.

You get your phone and you get a laptop and you get your ID card.

And, you know, you go through a lot of ethics briefings and policy briefings.

Yes.

They must be lacking on that nowadays.

It exists.

I promise.

But I remember going to this reception that...

one of the leaders of the Democratic caucus was hosting.

And I didn't know until I got there that it was a reception where like every lobbyist in town was invited to meet the new members of the Democratic caucus.

And there were 50 in my group of just Democrats.

And so I got there and I was looking around and went to go stand in line to get like a soda or whatever from the bar.

And this guy who was in front of me, there's like 20 or 30 people in line.

And this guy was in front of me, he's like, hey, how are you?

What's your name?

And I introduced myself and he saw my name tag and it said Congresswoman-elect.