Marsha Blackburn shares what book she's reading during Trump Senate trial

Sen. Marsha BlackburnMarsha Blackburn Hillicon Valley: Senators want answers about Amazon's biometric data collection | House members release companion bill targeting app stores | Google files to dismiss Ohio lawsuit House members release companion bill targeting app stores Hillicon Valley: Rand Paul suspended one week by YouTube over COVID-19 mask claims | Crypto industry seeks to build momentum after losing Senate fight | Senators introduce bill to promote app store competition MORE (R-Tenn.) said she read a book during the third day of proceedings of President TrumpDonald Trump Las Vegas hotel that defied coronavirus restrictions loses legal battle Menendez, Rubio ask Yellen to probe meatpacker JBS Vietnam shadow hangs over Biden decision on Afghanistan MORE’s impeachment trial in the upper chamber on Thursday.

“First – I'm reading Resistance (At All Costs) by Kim Strassel. Read the chapter on obstruction. It provides good insights into today’s proceedings,” she tweeted Thursday afternoon.

“Second – busy mamas are the best at multi-tasking. Try it,” she continued.

First – I'm reading Resistance (At All Costs) by Kim Strassel. Read the chapter on obstruction. It provides good insights into today’s proceedings.

Second – busy mamas are the best at multi-tasking. Try it. https://t.co/AEHW19ZztL
— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) January 23, 2020

Her comments came in response to another tweet shared by conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin, who is a contributor for The Washington Post, calling reports of Blackburn’s actions “shameful.”

“@MarshaBlackburn might improve her understanding of the facts and law if she paid attention. This is shameful,” Rubin tweeted.

@MarshaBlackburn might improve her understanding of the facts and law if she paid attention. This is shameful
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) January 23, 2020

Under the rules of decorum laid out for senators ahead of the impeachment trial, senators are only permitted to have reading materials if they “pertain to the matter before the Senate.”

During the trial, which bars senators from bringing their phones or electronic devices into the chamber, Sen. Richard BurrRichard Mauze Burr The 19 GOP senators who voted for the T infrastructure bill Senate votes to end debate on T infrastructure bill In praise of Susan Collins' persistent bipartisanship MORE (R-N.C.) also handed out fidget spinners to his colleagues while hosting a lunch for Republican senators.