Dallas Woodhouse, who heads North Carolina conservative group Carolina Rising, and his brother, Brad, who runs liberal group Americans United for Change, were on Washington Journal Tuesday morning for a friendly partisan debate. And then a caller told them to knock it off.
"Oh God, it's Mom," said Dallas, putting his face in his hands. Brad did the same when he realized what was happening.
What follows is priceless, mostly because this woman talks to her arguing Beltway pundit sons like they're eight years old and fighting in the back of the family station wagon ("I'm hoping that you'll have some of this out of your system when you come here for Christmas.").
C-SPAN just doesn't get any better than this (not even when Cher calls in). Watch it and be reminded that even when you're a big deal who gets to be on the TV, your Mom is still the boss of you.
[h/t: Washington Post]
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