Barbara Lee Delivers Her Own Wave

By Warren Rojas

Posted November 6, 2014 at 2:05pm

Yes, yes, the Republicans have decisively taken over both chambers of Congress for the first time in nearly a decade.

But what’s that trivial feat got to do with the 40 seconds of awkward arm flapping California Democrat Barbara Lee endured on Wednesday’s episode of “The Colbert Report”?

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