Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) walked right into a rather hilarious American history lesson when trying to pay Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) a compliment, Maine's Knox VillageSoup reports.
King told the story during a speech last weekend in Camden, Maine. The senator began by praising the Senate Intelligence Committee for being bipartisan, thanks in large part to the work of chairman Burr and vice chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.). King recounted one time he tried to thank Burr for a joint press conference he held with his Democratic counterpart on the topic of getting to the bottom of Russian election meddling:
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