Top Republican senator jokes that viral photo of him looks like he's smoking weed outside a wedding
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The photo featured Sasse, in basketball shorts and a t-shirt, sitting near the US Capitol chatting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, who sported an unbuttoned shirt with his tie undone and his hair blowing in the wind, and GOP Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, still in his full suit.
"Holy moly," Sasse tweeted. "It looks like @SenSchumer and I are smoking reefer outside a wedding..."
Schumer responded shortly after, saying "well that escalated quickly," taking a line from Will Ferrell's early 2000s comedy "Anchorman."
The Twitter account @darth edited the photo to show Schumer actually holding a "joint" - a marijuana cigarette.
"I thought we were off the record," Sasse tweeted.
Here are the tweets:
holy moly - it looks like @SenSchumer and I are smoking reefer outside a wedding...
pic.twitter.com/gUucsKYvmm
- Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) May 18, 2017
Well that escalated quickly. https://t.co/uUzlZktBoG
- Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) May 18, 2017
I thought we were off the record https://t.co/GRcEX6SOQp
- Ben Sasse (@BenSasse) May 18, 2017
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