Washington loves nothing more to focus on the issues that are most important, like whether it's a sign of disrespect to wear a soft-soled shoe to the White House.
From left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in the Oval Office, on May 16.MSNBC Opinion Writer/Editor
Memorial Day weekend marks an unofficial change of the seasons. And while pools will open to the public in the swamp town of my birth — Washington, D.C. — nothing cuts through the rising temperature andA number of supposed fashion faux pas have recently caused no end of outrage in the nation’s capital. Sneakers in the White House! Shorts in the Senate! It’s enough to cause monocles to pop out, pearls to be clutched and grown men to faint like damsels whose corsets are laced too tightly.
Footwear aficionados have had to find the will to survive multiple assaults on their tender, sensitive eyes lately. Most recently was a meeting on the debt ceiling between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders where there was at least one area of bipartisan agreement on display.
in the Oval Office. Adding insult to injury, Jeffries, McCarthy and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer were all also wearing brightly colored, patterned socks.New York Times culture and styles reporter Guy Trebay quoted several high-ranking members of the menswear media elite in a piece that asked:
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