In what could be called “Road Trip: Congress Edition,” two Texas lawmakers from across the aisle are getting behind the wheel for the 1,600-mile journey to Washington.
“My flight to D.C. got cancelled because of weather,” Rep. Will Hurd (R) told San Antonio’s KABB-TV on Tuesday, “And Beto suggested, why don’t we just drive?”
So Hurd, 39, and his 44-year-old colleague, Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D), noshed on some breakfast tacos before hopping in a rented Chevy Impala. The two embarked on their marathon trek from the Lone Star State to D.C. Tuesday, the same morning a snowstorm pressed down on the East Coast, cancelling more than 8,000 flights.