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TexasTowelie

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Fri Dec 18, 2020, 02:40 AM Dec 2020

Joe Cunningham bids farewell to SC seat by finally cracking a beer on US House floor

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Almost two years after he got stopped while trying to bring a six-pack on the U.S. House floor, South Carolina’s Congressman Joe Cunningham finally got his brew.

Cunningham cracked the cold one during his farewell speech on the House floor Thursday afternoon, where he focused on bipartisan cooperation and the need to serve constituents over oneself.

“My grandfather always told me that you can get through about any problem if you actually sit down with somebody and have a beer together,” Cunningham said. “I’ve been trying to work with people since the day I got here. I won’t ever stop reaching across the aisle or trying to work with one another or sitting down and having a beer and listening to each other.”

Cunningham urged his colleagues in the divided House to heed his words, work together to better the country “and maybe even have a beer.”

Read more: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article247926140.html

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Joe Cunningham bids farewell to SC seat by finally cracking a beer on US House floor (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2020 OP
Just finished reading his bio. And who 'won' tne seat. sprinkleeninow Dec 2020 #1

sprinkleeninow

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1. Just finished reading his bio. And who 'won' tne seat.
Fri Dec 18, 2020, 02:50 AM
Dec 2020

Pretty crappy if I may say so myself.

Mb Pres. Elect Biden can find a place for him.

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