Chuck Grassley Accidentally Lies In State For Few Hours After Drifting Off In Capitol Rotunda

[Zorro]

WASHINGTON—Surrounded by onlookers, former colleagues, and Supreme Court Justices paying respect to the slumbering U.S. Senator, Chuck Grassley (R-IA) accidentally lay in state for a few hours Monday after drifting off in the Capitol rotunda.

“Today, we honor a giant of the United States Senate, a devoted father, and a dear personal friend for his great service to this country,” said a tearful Majority Whip John Cornyn in a stirring retrospective about the sleeping Iowa Republican, whose quietly dozing body had been mistakenly draped in a U.S. flag for public viewing just hours after the exhausted 85-year-old senator reportedly yawned and stretched out on the floor for a catnap beneath a frieze of George Washington.

“We may salute him today with a procession. We may lower the flags as he lies in repose. But we will never forget what he has sacrificed for our nation. Rest in peace, my friend.”

Several hours after the ceremony ended, a dazed Grassley snapped awake in the darkened chamber, pulled several pieces of regalia off himself, and stumbled away in confusion while a member of the Capitol police wasn’t looking.

https://politics.theonion.com/chuck-grassley-accidentally-lies-in-state-for-few-hours-1836789977

[dalton99a]

1. Spent too much money on booze, women and movies

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. OK, I LOL'd at that one.

[dhill926]

3. one of their best....

[malaise]

4. That we all know this is believable

made this twice as hilarious

[Wounded Bear]

5. Wishful thinking as satire...

I love it.

[Dennis Donovan]

6. Aww...

My nipples were hard until I saw it was the Onion.

[bullwinkle428]

7. K&R! This is the laugh of the day for me, as a 32-year Iowa resident!

[CatMor]

8. Funny. ... even the photo had me laughing.

[murielm99]

9. That photo is nauseating.

His color is so poor that does really does look dead.

[durablend]

10. "Republicanus Mortus"

I think that's what scientists call it.