U.S. senator accidentally repeatedly yells the F-word during a congressional hearing

The moment that was probably inevitable as soon as congressional hearings started to be held over Zoom has arrived.

During a Senate hearing on Friday that took place virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic, one very unfortunate United States senator, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), accidentally broadcast himself repeatedly yelling the F-word.

It went down during a highly-anticipated hearing about changes at the United States Postal Service that was being carried live on cable news networks. When things turned to Carper, he was clearly dealing with some sort of technology problem that almost led the panel to move on to someone else after a long, awkward silence. But he finally popped up on screen — sooner than he realized, evidently, seeing as he was immediately heard raging, "F---! F---! F---!" Who among us hasn't been there this year?

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Right up there with that infamous Supreme Court toilet flush heard round the world, Carper can certainly expect a spot in the remote work snafu hall of fame. Brendan Morrow