Roy Blunt Pretends He's Never Actually Been To U.S. Capitol

Roy Blunt would like you to believe that he's never actually been to his office in the Rayburn House Office Building.

Speaking with tea party darling Dana Loesch on 97.1 FM this week, Blunt said he had absolutely no idea if there's a members-only elevator in the House of Representatives -- and if there is, it's a bad thing. 

LOESCH:I wanted to ask, you know we heard what [Kentucky Senator Jim] Bunning** said about there being a Senator-only elevator. Is there a Representatives only elevator?

BLUNT: I don’t know if there is or not. I’ve never paid any attention to it. And actually, I don’t know that we should even think about getting ourselves where we’re so isolated that you can’t ride on the elevator with other people.

Listen to their exchange:

Roy Blunt is either the least observant person on the planet, or he's not being honest with Loesch and her radio audience. As even the casual tourist can tell you, there are members-only elevators in the House office buildings.  In fact, for at least part of Blunt's tenure in Washington, there were Capitol staff whose only job was to keep the general public off the designated carriages.

And in case you're wondering, this is what the elevators looked like in the Rayburn Building yesterday. 

Members-only elevators exist for a good and simple reason: There are a lot of Representatives, and a lot of staff, and a lot tourists -- and when a vote is called, Congressmembers need to get the floor in a hurry.

It's obvious why Blunt wants some distance from Washington -- and hopes voters forget about his long record of bad votes and unethical behavior there -- but this is just ridiculous.

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**Loesch is referring to the now-infamous clip of Jim Bunning yelling at a reporter who wanted to get on a Senators-only elevator to ask him about his moves to obstruct a vote on unemployment benefits.