From the
New York Times we learn that Rick Santorum doesn't like it when mere civilians, especially reporters, ride on the senators-only elevators in the U.S. Capitol. Apparently, he even whines like a frustrated child:
Worse, senators sometimes share their moving sanctums with staff members, lobbyists and T-shirt-clad tourists who apparently missed (or ignored or cannot read) the senators-only signs.
Or, double-worse, with reporters.
“No, no, no, c’mon, c’mon,” Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania complained recently as about 10 reporters trailed his colleague Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York onto a senators-only elevator.
Standing outside the elevator, Mr. Santorum complained that “some of the rest of us” need to get on board, too. (He eventually squeezed in.)
