Lautenberg gets stern reporter to crack a smile
SPOTTED: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) advising a sad-looking reporter to turn her frown upside-down.
While heading down the hall to the weekly party policy lunch at the Capitol on Tuesday, the lawmaker, 88, noticed the journalist’s facial expression was simply too glum.
{mosads}He quipped as he passed by, “So serious.”
The formerly down-in-the-dumps member of the press immediately perked up and acknowledged, “I don’t smile enough.”
The grinning senator’s eyes grew bigger as he beamed, “Smile!”
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