Alexandra Petri: Rules for babies on the Senate floor: "W...

Alexandra Petri: Rules for babies on the Senate floor: "With babies present, senators may be held to a higher standard than previously...

...If��babies throw tantrums on the floor, they will be removed, instead of returned by the people of the state of Texas to serve another term. When asked whether President Trump is likely to fire the special counsel, babies at least have an excuse for giving a non-response. If, when presented with an exciting object, the baby becomes gravely concerned with it, and then the second that object is removed, the baby acts as though it has passed out of the world for good, the baby again has an excuse: It does not have object permanence yet. And if,��in the face of some horrible idea floated��by Trump, a baby rolls over, collapses and begins to cry, the baby still has an excuse: It is a baby. What is the Senate���s excuse?..."

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