The saddest thing is that for four days newly elected members and their families

[question everything]

were looking forward to commemorate this event only to be exposed to such selfish behavior.

On the first day I saw a couple of small children looking curiously at Santos who sat back next to them.

[Claustrum]

1. And they will be subjected to a long night tonight.

I heard they plan to vote on the rules and other stuff at 1-3 am range, probably hoping that democrats will go home so they need a lower threshold to pass those.

[Walleye]

2. I was just telling a friend, Nancy would've made sure the families could be there for the swearing i

They’re gonna go ahead and do it in the middle of the night because that’s just the way they are

[Deuxcents]

3. They don't care about families or kids. It's gonna be a bumpy 2 years

[RockRaven]

4. The saddest thing is the economic misery which will be visited upon large swaths of the population

when the 'pukes inevitably cause a debt default, Wall Street freaks out, and corporations respond by gutting their workforces.

A handful of politicians and their families not having a convenient photo op and celebration is way way down the list.