During a recent appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard spoke about her time in Congress and compared the dynamic to high school.
“This place is like high school,” she recalled telling her family, as seen in a YouTube clip of the appearance.
“Even on the House floor that is the only time that we’re all together — usually for votes — and you’ve got everybody, all 435 members there, and you see the little cliques gathering in their designated corners like the cafeteria tables.”
Gabbard said that some cliques would give the “mean girl side-eye” to other groups for associating with certain people around the room.
“I mean it’s funny but it’s so terrible when you understand that this is the power base for decision making in our country.”
Elsewhere, in 2019, former Rep. Max Rose jokingly compared Congress to high school when describing his time in the lower chamber, Politico report