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TexasTowelie

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Wed Mar 15, 2017, 06:45 PM Mar 2017

Snow forces two congressmen on a bipartisan road trip from Texas to D.C. singing along the way

The Democrat from El Paso and the Republican from San Antonio began their 1,600-mile road trip to Washington before dawn Tuesday.

By lunch they had stopped at SXSW in Austin, learned the uniting power of coffee from a barista in San Marcos, shared a granola bar they’d split down the middle and, yes, starred in their own version of “Carpool Karaoke.”

“On the road again,” Willie Nelson sang from the speakers of their 1999 Chevy Impala rental. “Like a band of gypsies, we go down the highway.”

For the next line, Reps. Beto O’Rourke (D) and Will Hurd (R) joined in, belting, “We’re the best of friends.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/03/15/snow-forces-2-congressmen-on-a-bipartisan-road-trip-from-texas-to-d-c-and-they-live-streamed-it/

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Snow forces two congressmen on a bipartisan road trip from Texas to D.C. singing along the way (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 2017 OP
That's not a pillow! gibraltar72 Mar 2017 #1
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