Rep. Eric Swalwell had a strange exchange with the Washington Post’s Seung Min Kim on Wednesday night after she tweeted this pretty innocuous update on her airline travel:

If you were assigned the middle seat but no one is in the aisle or window seats, can you just sprawl across all three during your flight? ? — Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 15, 2019

Swalwell, using his official House Twitter account, asked her “I want to understand why you were ‘assigned?'”:

I want to understand why you were “assigned?” — Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) May 15, 2019

One, why is a presidential candidate using his official House account for this? And two, is he unaware how air travel operates?

She didn’t select a seat I think ? — The Children’s Warrior ?⏳?⚜️?⚔️⚖️ (@LindaLou0711) May 15, 2019

she bought a cheap ticket. been there. done that. ?✈️ — Ellen Cartsonis (@ecartsonis) May 15, 2019

Is this a serious question??If it is, I have so.many.thoughts. — DevinNunes'Goat (@goatofnunes) May 16, 2019

And, evergreen:

Box of rocks — Veegersbeeper (@Veegerbeeper) May 16, 2019

Swalwell later joked, we hope, that “there outta be a law…”:

But why if there’s no one next to you would they assign you a middle seat. There outta be a law… — Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) May 16, 2019

Hey, when you’re polling at 0%, maybe this is just the issue he needs to rocket up to 1%!

Will this be part of your presidential platform? — Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) May 16, 2019

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