#TBT to LuAnn Bennett & Jim Moran’s elitist rant

Now that DC Ritz-Carlton resident LuAnn Bennett is running for Congress in VA-10, will she be more accepting to rules also applying to her? According to The Washington Post, Bennett and then-husband Rep. Jim Moran publicly scolded a Capitol police officer because Bennett wasn’t allowed into a secure zone of Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration while President Bush’s helicopter was taking off.

The Washington Post reported: “But while [Nancy Pelosi’s Chief of Staff John Lawrence] waited patiently, Rep. Jim Moran’s wife, LuAnn Bennett, did not, we’re told. She tried to argue her way in, then called her husband, who came storming out of the Capitol. ’Is this the guy who’s not letting you in?’ he shouted, beckoning to the cop. ‘That’s not the policy! Spouses get in if they show their pin! So get on the phone!’ The cop finally relented and let Mrs. Moran in.”

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