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Dem Rep Has Cringe Moment at Coronavirus Hearing

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Rep. Donna Shalala (D-FL) served as the Health and Human Services Secretary under President Bill Clinton. So you'd think she'd take the current coronavirus outbreak a bit more seriously. Yet, at a recent House Rules Committee hearing on the new coronavirus bill being debated in Congress, Shalala thought it an appropriate time to have a cringeworthy moment.

"I have a completely different take on this bill," she said of the House Democrats' current emergency relief legislation. "I think it's a mental health bill. I think it's a bill to reassure and reduce the anxiety and the fear that's out there in this country."

So, what better way to underline her point than by blasting some music on her phone. And not just any song, a song that no one wanted to hear again after the 2016 election.

Yes, there's video of it.

Social media users responded to the video with the word "cringe" and asked if it was an SNL skit.

This is far from the first stunt we've seen in otherwise important (or supposedly important) congressional hearings. Last year, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) showed up to a House Judiciary Committee hearing eating a tub of Kentucky Fried Chicken to suggest that Attorney General William Barr was a "chicken" for failing to show up.

Or how about the legislator who showed up to a Trump impeachment vote wearing a Batman costume?

Of course, Republicans aren't exempt from unorthodox behavior either. Last week, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was lambasted on Twitter for posting a picture of himself in a gas mask before heading over to vote on another coronavirus measure.

Shalala has spent the rest of her time going on TV and telling Americans to ignore whatever President Trump says about the virus.

"He's misleading the public, and frankly, people should just ignore what the president says and pay attention to these scientists, physicians that are sticking to the facts," the representative said on CNN.

Shalala was right, however, to note that this disease "does not know whether you're a Republican, a Democrat or an independent."

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