GOP Senator Pulled Rank To Cop During Traffic Stop

CNN reports:

It was Thursday afternoon before a Senate recess was about to begin, and senators were in a hurry — especially Marsha Blackburn. As senators bolted from the chamber after the week’s final vote to catch their afternoon flights, the Tennessee Republican hopped in a waiting car along with an aide and made her way down Constitution Avenue. But the car was pulled over by US Capitol Police.

Blackburn then jumped out of the car, identified herself as a senator and showed the officer her congressional pin. The officer then let the car go. Leo Kowalski, an aide to Blackburn, told his friends that after being pulled over, the senator “hopped out, flashed her pin, hopped back in the car [and] said ‘drive!'” “Officer didn’t say a word, just shook his head,” the aide said in a text message, which was reviewed by CNN.

Republican Marsha Blackburn’s car was pulled over by Capitol Police this week. Blackburn jumped out and showed the officer her congressional pin. The officer let the car go.

Legal experts believe it might run afoul of Senate ethics rules.https://t.co/lZ7opOzYhm

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 26, 2021

As opposed to be arrested for knocking while black https://t.co/QYqPTkRwWT

— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) March 26, 2021