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  • For those who say members of Congress act like children, they now have a new role model, a child.

  • In fact, the child of Tennessee Congressman John Rose, six-year-old guy sat behind his father when he gave a speech on the New York criminal conviction against Donald Trump.

  • And just watch for a second, let this sink in.

  • There he is, a running commentary, perhaps, on the speech being given on the House floor.

  • And with us now, Congressman John Rose and guy.

  • And Congressman, I note that you have your son in front of you this time as opposed to behind you, why?

  • Good tip from you, I think.

  • That's probably where I need to keep him going forward.

  • But he was, I had told him before I gave this speech, I said, his three-year-old brother, Sam, is back at home.

  • And I said, you should smile for Sam while we're on the camera.

  • And he took that a little further than I expected.

  • I just wanna go over, does, guy, can you hear us too?

  • Okay, good.

  • What did you think walking into that big room and what dad told you when you're gonna be sitting there?

  • Tell him what you thought.

  • You can say it out loud.

  • What did you think?

  • I can't, I didn't hear it.

  • I asked you what you thought when you walked into the House chamber yesterday.

  • Good.

  • What were you thinking about telling Sam?

  • Sam.

  • Did you spell his name with your hands?

  • Yeah.

  • Oh, is that what he was doing?

  • Is that what everyone was like making jokes of?

  • Like this, there's a conspiracy theory of what he was doing with his hands.

  • Oh, I'm loving that.

  • I thought it was just new dance moves.

  • Yeah.

  • That's very good.

  • Sam.

  • By the way, that's impressive.

  • Just in and of itself right there.

  • I enjoy that.

  • Guy, what did Sam think of what you did in Congress?

  • Did Sam tell him, talk to him?

  • He thought it was good.

  • He did think it was good.

  • Congressman, this is also proving anytime I bring my children to repeat anything they just told me in private and public, this is exactly what happened.

  • So I'm so glad we were connected on this front.

  • When did you realize, Congressman, that your son had stolen the show and you now need to go back to the House floor and remake your remarks because no one was listening?

  • When did, did you have any clue this was going on behind you?

  • I didn't have a single clue and not until I was walking off the floor, one of the floor managers said, you're probably gonna wanna watch that video when you get back to your office.

  • And when I saw it, then I knew at least there was gonna probably be some reaction.

  • I had no idea it would be as extensive as it has been.

  • Guy, I think you can make even better faces than the ones you made on the House floor.

  • I was impressed, but what other faces can you do?

  • Have you got any other faces, buddy?

  • A lot of others, I can't show them all, okay?

  • Give them, let's give one for them.

  • You want me to show one of them I've already done or do you wanna show me a new one?

  • Maybe a new.

  • We want new material.

  • Congressman, is this a daily occurrence in your household?

  • It's usually pretty active.

  • Sam and Guy can be pretty rambunctious kids, but they're pretty good kids.

  • Of course they are.

  • He, look, let's be honest, he could have been a lot worse sitting behind you than making faces.

  • I mean, how could you make him come and sit in the chamber?

  • The other members fall asleep having to do that.

  • Congressman, you're mean.

  • He did take a power nap after his newfound fame arrived yesterday.

  • How has Guy prepared you for dealing with your fellow members of Congress?

  • Well, you know, you point out a good, or you make a good point, which is that sometimes children can be very reflective of what adults really end up doing too.

  • So maybe his antics are not that far out of place on the House floor.

  • And also a reminder of no matter where you land on any political spectrum, we all have kids that are really good at embarrassing us and putting us in our place.

  • Congressman John Rose, Guy up top.

  • All I can say is up top.

  • Thanks so much for being with us.

  • And congrats on starting summer break, Guy.

  • Have a great summer and please continue to terrorize your data as much as possible.

  • It's so much fun.

  • Okay.

  • Thanks for having us on this morning.

  • Thank you so much, Congressman.

  • Thank you.

For those who say members of Congress act like children, they now have a new role model, a child.

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