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.
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