Congressman Says He’d Settle Things “Aaron Burr-Style” if Female Senators Were Men

By Jenn Jacques

A congressman from Texas is feeling the heat after he suggested that if his female counterparts were guys from Texas, he’d duel them for failing to pass the bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare.

Yeah, that happened.

According to The Hill:

Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) told a radio station in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday that “some female senators from the Northeast” are responsible for the Senate’s failure to pass a bill, The Associated Press reported Monday.

“If it was a guy from south Texas, I might ask him to step outside and settle this Aaron Burr-style,” Farenthold added.

Vice President Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton, the United States’ first Treasury secretary and a signatory of the Constitution, in a duel in 1804.

While Farenthold didn’t clarify which female lawmakers he was referring to specifically, he went on to say it was “absolutely repugnant” that the Senate hasn’t passed a bill to repeal ObamaCare in the radio interview with “1440 Keys.”

While I’m sure Farentold (which I keep saying as “farthold” in my head for some reason) didn’t mean he wants to shoot and kill anyone, the media is having a field day with his …Read the Rest

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