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Gazpacho, crack pipes, cannabis and ‘GTA’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of Feb. 7, 2022

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By Jinitzail Hernández
Posted February 11, 2022 at 3:43pm

While a heated debate over cold soup made its way around the Capitol, members of the GOP were enraged over crack pipes that the White House says never existed. Meanwhile, Sen. Joni Ernst has discovered “Grand Theft Auto” and Rep. Mark DeSaulnier’s after-school cannabis-related activities may have been exposed in a committee hearing.

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