Democrats have shown no hesitation in worshiping their “messiah,” President Obama, the past six 1/2 years, but a Pennsylvania lawmaker may have gone a step too far during Pope Francis‘ visit this week.
Seizing his opportunity, U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa., beat a deliberate path to the speaker’s podium at the conclusion of the pontiff’s historic address before a joint meeting of Congress — not in hopes of meeting the pope, who had already left, but to swipe the drinking glass used by His Holiness, the Philadelphia Daily News reported.
And the successful heist resulted in a half-full glass of what Brady considered to be holy water.
So much so that he took the glass back to his office, where he drank out of it and offered his wife, Debra, and his staff the same opportunity.
“How many people do you know that drank out of the same glass as the pope?” he asked with pride.
Rep. Bob Brady drinks from Pope Francis' water glass and shares it with his staff: http://t.co/72dtuZy6gm pic.twitter.com/gb5yV06Fr1
— ABC News (@ABC) September 25, 2015
According to the Washington Post, the ten-term lawmaker poured the remaining water into a bottle to later “bless” his four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
“Anything the pope touches becomes blessed,” he told the newspaper. “I think so and no one is going to change my mind.”
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Not surprisingly, given his actions Thursday, this was not the first time Brady has swiped a glass from the podium.
The Post reported that he also took the glass used by President Barack Obama at his first inauguration — there was no word on whether he sprinkled his grandchildren with that water.
And for taxpayers concerned about the cost of the glass, Brady asked the House Architect for a bill, the Post reported. And while they laughed at him, the Democrat said he was going to send a check anyway.
Based on the reaction on social media, more than a few found the incident to be “incredibly creepy,” never mind the spreading of germs.
Here’s a sampling from Twitter:
Holy backwash, Batman. From @ColbyItkowitz the case of the pilfered pontiff glass: http://t.co/Xc5dZiXRUk
— Anne Rumsey Gearan (@agearan) September 25, 2015
@ABC kind of like the holy grail from Indiana Jones
— Benny (@rthomsonJ) September 25, 2015
@ABC Well that’s… incredibly creepy…
— T (@digitalb21) September 25, 2015
@ABC @coryaltheide next week they all come down with the flu.
— Amber Yust (@Aiiane) September 25, 2015
@ABC its as close as kissing him on his lips that he will get.
— Brave ♥ Executioner (@Mothstoflame96) September 25, 2015
@ABC @Bro_Pair hope the pope doesn’t have any cooties.
— Robin R (@robin_says_rawr) September 25, 2015
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