Hollywood’s awards season, also known as the season for scouring worst-dressed lists to laugh at the dumb excesses of out-of-touch celebrities, is in full swing. But there’s another event where out-of-touch people who think they’re better than the masses like to gather in the early spring: the annual State of the Union address. And like its Hollywood cousins, the SOTU address is rife with examples of bad wardrobe choices.
Ed Markey
It was Democrat Sen. Ed Markey’s accessorizing that was ugly as sin and as tone-deaf as this week’s Grammys. Markey showed up to the SOTU in a pin emblazoned with the word “abortion,” complete with a heart — which he probably didn’t mean as a nod to every heart that abortion violently stops.
Kyrsten Sinema
The independent Arizona senator evoked comparisons to Big Bird, a Teletubby, the Chiquita Banana lady, actual bananas, and Carol Burnett’s iconic Scarlett O’Hara impression in her bright, butterfly-wing dress that could be seen in every wide-angle shot of the chamber.
Mitch McConnell
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell showed his true colors at the address — wearing a garish blue and yellow tie that not only highlighted his allegiance to Ukraine by pursuing a proxy war financed with hundreds of billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars but also revealed his allegiance to horrible color combos.
Bono and Paul Pelosi
OK, we expect Bono to dress like this, and we’re grateful Paul Pelosi decided to put some clothes on. But
