Newne Carriebean7 wrote:House office of Majority Whip of the U.S House of Representatives Earl Tenson
January 20, 2021
Representative Maxine Caroline Durant was, admittedly, nervous right now. She knew she wasn't bad enough to warrant knowing the whip on a first name basis. She could have sworn that some sitting senators and representatives had been so bad and misbehaved that they knew the whip on a first name basis. There were also the rumors of favors that flew about on the deep corners of the internet, but she dismissed those out of hand. She tried her best to calm her breathing, reduce her heart-rate, and think of herself going to the principles office, and not the disciplinary whip of one of the most powerful chambers in western democracy. With that, oh so comforting thought tucked away, she lightly knocked on the door to see the Majority Whip.
"Earl? I'm here. I got yer message that y'all wanted to meet with me. What's this about exact-ally? I've got a lil' bit o' an ideer or two floatin' inna my brain, but I'd prefer it straight from the horses mouth' as it were."
Earl didn’t say a word as his aid opened the door for the Congresswoman. He hadn’t anticipated trouble this early on, and he was surprised it was someone other than that damned Tennessee woman giving him a hard time this early into the Congress. Nevertheless he looked up from his computer to see the woman had entered. His computer was open to twitter, with the Representative’s tweet right there for him to see.
“Congresswoman Durant, you know, a lot of hard work has gone into us achieving this House Majority. Speaker Volker, myself, and many others sacrificed countless hours to make sure we retook this chamber. And now that we have it, as slim as our majority may be, I anticipate holding said chamber. Now, this job of mine that the Speaker has given to me, it’s not easy, especially when my Representatives decide to obstruct the Conference’s legislation and insult me publicly over the internet, so I’m going to give you about 60 seconds to explain how this tweet was a mistake, you regret it, will delete it, and that it will not happen again. Go.”