At CPAC, Rep. Steve King’s speech included a long-winded story about his fight against energy-efficient light bulbs in the Capitol — a favorite example of government overreach to CPAC-goers. King says buying these lightbulbs at the store and using them restored some of his liberty that the policy of using energy-efficient light bulbs had taken away:
So I got this green bag right here. And I filled it up with the black market light bulbs. And I brought them back to my office here in the Capitol. Whenever I need to put a bulb in the lamp, I reach in this green bag and I screw it in there and smile. A little bit of my liberty back. A little bit of our freedom back. And I want to challenge you to do the same thing. Bring back some of that liberty, some of that freedom.
