Coleman On Cheap DC Rent: Minnesotans Are Glad I Live So HumblyNorm Coleman took some tough questions today from the press back in Minnesota about his interesting housing deal in Washington, which involves him renting a studio apartment on Capitol Hill from a political contributor for only $600 per month.
For months, the senator had no written lease and paid no utility bills.
Coleman’s answer: People appreciate that he’s living so humbly. Here’s a tracking video from the Minnesota Democrats:
Coleman said this really isn’t a big deal — it’s just a nine-and-a-half feet by nine-and-a-half feet bedroom. “It’s not not paying taxes on millions and millions of dollars in income. It’s a shoebox that I spend a couple waking hours in.”
“And as I travel the state,” Coleman added, “I gotta tell you, people of Minnesota actually appreciate the fact that I live humbly as a senator — that I’m not living the way some people think senators live.”
