Something was different about a recent hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee. More specifically, Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, was different. The octogenarian Iowan was wearing two pairs of eyeglasses.
After three decades in Washington, Grassley has excellent legislative vision. He sees everything from his perch in the Senate — spotting everything from biofuel reform to judicial nominees a mile away. So, why would Grassley double up his spectacles?
Why does @ChuckGrassley wear two pairs of glasses? pic.twitter.com/a5cu7MWO2a
— Philip Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) December 7, 2017
Some called it an “Iowan bifocal.” Others made jokes about “rose colored glasses” that allow the senator to see the current administration in a better light.
Grassley’s office said it was a stop-gap.
“Senator Grassley was wearing two pairs of glasses,” explained Press Secretary Nicole Tieman, “while he waited for his new pair of progressive lenses.”
Coming from the same senator who jerry-rigged three mowers together, the vision hack isn’t surprising.
