FCC Commissioner Trolls Time-Wasting Dem By Showing Off His Own Linguistic Skills

Republican Commissioner Nathan Simington of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) repeated his remarks in Romanian Thursday in a jab at Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez during the agency’s monthly open meeting of commissioners.

Gomez has a habit of repeating her remarks in Spanish during meetings, which some viewed as wasting time and labor, Joe Verde, a former Simington staffer, told the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation. The agenda for the meeting included regaining authority to auction off parts of the electromagnetic spectrum.

“I’m pleased that the commission is back in business, so to speak. This proceeding represents the kind of thinking that has lately been missing from the commission: A practical, results-oriented action… repurposing existing commercial brands to increase spectral efficiency is one key way to address it,” Simington said. “There are others, of course, and I am counting on the good offices of Congress and the NTIA to help us get there. Yet, in the meantime, it’s fair to say that, yeah, I’m thinking we’re back. This item has my support. And now, my remarks in Romanian.”

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Simington proceeded to repeat his speech in Romanian, taking a minute and six seconds to deliver the remarks that took all of 30 seconds to deliver in English, forcing an American Sign Language interpreter to stand by.

“I wasn’t sure that was at an end, but thank you very much,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said before turning to Gomez.

“That was super-cool,” Gomez responded to laughter from other commissioners, before adding, “As we would say in Spanish, y tu mamá también .”