Sen. Carper yells expletives at DeJoy hearing when there's trouble with his video feed
Carper's office said he 'got frustrated with technical difficulties'
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Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., unleashed a trio of expletives at a high-profile Senate hearing Friday before questioning Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about mail delivery slowdowns.
It was a virtual hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and when it was Carper's turn to talk, the 73-year-old Democrat was caught unmuted on camera shouting "F*ck. F*ck. F*ck" in the direction of a staffer in apparent frustration over his video feed.
The aide in his office is then seen coming to Carper's side to help him with his computer.
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Carper was apparently unaware that his expletives were livestreamed to the Senate.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., tried to move on to Sen. James Lankford as Carper dealt with his technical difficulties.
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"I think Sen. Carper is there, I think he's trying to queue it all up right now," Lankford, R-Okla., said.
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Johnson, the committee chairman, seemed to acknowledge the outburst before making sure Carper was indeed ready to question DeJoy.
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"We don't want to be on TV again," Johnson said.
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Carper's office chalked up the outburst to struggles everyday Americans experience now with remote work due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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“Like most Americans in 2020, Senator Carper got frustrated with technical difficulties this morning, but that pales in comparison to his frustration with a Postmaster General who’s actively undermining the U.S. Postal Service during a national crisis," a Carper spokeswoman told Fox News.
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Indeed, once Carper resolved his computer struggles he jumped into a statement on how constituents are very concerned about mail service delays before the November election.
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"People seem skeptical and they have a right to be skeptical," Carper told DeJoy.