Oh no! Regrettable Capito congressional WVU smack talk
Whose office doesn't have a little trash talk about sports now and then -- even if you're in Congress?
- It started with this shot across the bow from Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from the state of Washington.
- This is she -- the U.S. Representative for Washington's 5th congressional district.
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers : HomeCupertino, CA - Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Vice Chair of the House Republican Caucus and Co-Chair of the ... San Francisco, CA -...- McMorris Rodgers is the descendant of pioneers who traveled the Oregon Trail in the early 1850s to the Pacific Northwest. She was raised on a farm and worked in her younger years at her family's business, the Peachcrest Fruit Basket Orchard and Fruit Stand in Kettle Falls, Wash. She is not a Gonzaga graduate. She earned a BA in Pre-law from Pensacola Christian College and earned her Executive MBA from the University of Washington.
- As GOP women serving in Congress, McMorris Rodgers and Capito likely know each other well. Here they are together, along with some other Republicans.
- Capito, a Duke graduate but a WVU fan, rose to the Twitter bait.
- Then it went on. I read it after I already knew the score of the WVU game. It made me say, in my head, "No, Shelley, no!"
- @cathymcmorris Because Big East > West Coast Conference. Plus we have that #Mountaineer pride! @WestVirginiaU
- @RepShelley - Your pride will turn to fear once @GonzagaBulldogs take the court. Does #marchmadness have a mercy rule? @WestVirginiaU
- Question: When did @GonzagaBulldogs make it to the #FinalFour? Ans: Never. @WestVirginiaU #FinalFour in 2010
- @RepShelley - @GonzagaBulldogs have more Sweet16 appearances than @WestVirginiaU since 1999; plus, this is our mascot: goo.gl/HZc0K
- Their tweet for tat caught the eye of the Hill, the newspaper that covers Congress.
Republican members trade March Madness barbs over Twitter - The Hill's Twitter RoomIn case anyone forgot that today is the first full day of the NCAA's March Madness tournament, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.- Except the final score was 77-4 with Gonzaga as the winner. That produced a different kind of beltway headline.
Gonzaga vs. West Virginia: Bulldogs travel cross country to pummel MountaineersPosted at 09:36 PM ET, 03/15/2012 By Matt Brooks | 09:36 PM ET, 03/15/2012 Once the quintessential NCAA tournament ‘Cinderella,' Gonzaga ...- Well, at least it was a good time while it lasted.
- All in good fun!: Republican members trade March Madness barbs over Twitter - The Hill's Twitter Room: bit.ly/zUNdjr
