What a ‘Gang of Eight’ Tattoo Would Look Like – Roll Call

What a ‘Gang of Eight’ Tattoo Would Look Like

By Hannah Hess

Posted June 10, 2013 at 7:03pm

During Senate debate of the motion to proceed to immigration legislation drafted by the “gang of eight,” Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., suggested he’s been in so many Capitol Hill gangs that it “might be time to get some tattoos.”

The majority whip’s quip prompted Huffington Post politics and immigration reporter Elise Foley to tweet the hashtag #gangof8tattoos, launching a Twitter debate of what Durbin and his cohorts should get inked.

Suggestions for the gang’s joint session at DC Ink:

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