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TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 10:51 PM Feb 2019

I Have a Question About Jim "Jacketless" Jordan. House Dress Code?

Part of Jim Jordan's (R-OH) freedom caucus costume is his refusal to wear a jacket. I understand how he wants his macho-obsessed base to marvel at his ripped wrestling coach body. But it was my understanding that the House of Representatives has a dress code that requires male representatives to wear a suit jacket and a neck tie.

Am I wrong about this?



Jim Jordan (R-OH) (Not exactly as shown)



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I Have a Question About Jim "Jacketless" Jordan. House Dress Code? (Original Post) TrollBuster9090 Feb 2019 OP
Was he one of those who muttered about a Muslim representative wearing a headscarf? dawg day Feb 2019 #1
I get that if Congress wants to represent the ACTUAL American worker, Volaris Feb 2019 #3
It is the respect for the institution Apollyonus Feb 2019 #5
Respect for the institution Volaris Feb 2019 #6
If you haven't been in a while (and if not, kudos to you) Volaris Feb 2019 #8
I was a bank teller-- $14 an hour dawg day Feb 2019 #7
You're puzzling over whether a guy who ignores serial sexual assaults is a rule-follower or not? RockRaven Feb 2019 #2
I found this one the Google page 2naSalit Feb 2019 #4
What a total jerk PatSeg Feb 2019 #9

Volaris

(10,274 posts)
3. I get that if Congress wants to represent the ACTUAL American worker,
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 11:04 PM
Feb 2019

most of us don't have to wear a jacket to work and I think it's a dumb rule. But wear one for Voting Days, have casual Fridays like everyone else, and fuck off with the Fake Protest ...nobody cares what you wear to work as long as you're working for us.

He's NOT, so he can fuck off, afaic

(On Edit) Speaker Pelosi can show up in jammies and bunny slippers, and as long as she's gonna still kick trump in the balls once a week with them, I could give a shit less.

Or, just have uniforms. Button-up black kakhi shirt and slacks. Everybody wears the same thing and wear your name tag. Flair optional, minus the corporations you took money from; that logo patch you HAVE TO wear.

Because fuck you, THATS WHY.

 

Apollyonus

(812 posts)
5. It is the respect for the institution
Tue Feb 19, 2019, 01:15 AM
Feb 2019

This is why one has to wear jackets, ties, shoes and socks in a court room as well.

I hope Ms. Pelosi enforces the rule or holds him in contempt.

I remember that the house actually passed a resolution during a heat wave some 25 years ago, relaxing the jacket and tie rule until the heat wave was over. (IIRC)

Volaris

(10,274 posts)
6. Respect for the institution
Tue Feb 19, 2019, 01:22 AM
Feb 2019

Is about respecting the fact that the institution works FOR US. They can raise taxes on millionares in bunny slippers, afaic.

Volaris

(10,274 posts)
8. If you haven't been in a while (and if not, kudos to you)
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:17 PM
Feb 2019

Go sit in on local city or county traffic court. I PROMISE, jacket and tie are optional lol.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
7. I was a bank teller-- $14 an hour
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 01:50 AM
Feb 2019

And we had to wear blazers over white blouses. The men had to wear suits. I don't know why Congresspersons making $174K a year should make every day casual Friday.

And Pelosi should always wear scarlet. And shades.

RockRaven

(14,984 posts)
2. You're puzzling over whether a guy who ignores serial sexual assaults is a rule-follower or not?
Mon Feb 18, 2019, 11:02 PM
Feb 2019

Unfortunately I cannot answer your question off the top of my head, I do not know (yet).

I would hope that the House does NOT have such a rule (which, given history, means it probably does). There are many formal modes of dress from various cultures which are incongruous, if not physically incompatible, with a jacket and tie.

2naSalit

(86,741 posts)
4. I found this one the Google page
Tue Feb 19, 2019, 12:47 AM
Feb 2019


The dress code requires men to wear suit jackets and ties in the House chamber and speaker's lobby, which is just outside it, and women are not supposed to wear sleeveless tops or dresses without a sweater or jacket.Jul 13, 2017


So he's just doing it to be a prick and to show disrespect to the Speaker, essentially. F'ing asshole.

PatSeg

(47,560 posts)
9. What a total jerk
Wed Feb 20, 2019, 10:29 PM
Feb 2019

If you Google him, there are only two or three photos of him wearing a jacket, yet all the men surrounding him are wearing jackets.

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