When you have been in a high position so long (usually a senator in DC) that you forget what it's like to be a common citizen, and think you're better than those "peasants." Forgetting you once were one.
Senator John Jones just passed a law that harms farmers even though he was one!

It's the DC effect, do not re-elect him.
by Amazo-Scorpio November 17, 2022
Get the The DC effect mug.