Question

Read the following passage from Senator Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience”:
It is ironical that we Senators can debate in the Senate directly or indirectly, by any form of words, impute to any American who is not a Senator any conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming an American - and without that non-senator American having any legal redress against us - yet if we say the same thing in the Senate about our colleagues we can be stopped on the grounds of being out of order.

What point is Smith trying to convey by pointing out this irony?
A. To persuade Americans to bring lawsuits against senators who
make accusations against them
B. To pressure the president into signing new anti-accusation bills
into law
C. To push the Senate to consider the negative effects of the
accusations on the typical American citizen
D. To convince the Senate to remove the rules that allow them to call
other senators out of order

Answer 1

C. To push the Senate to consider the negative effects of the accusations on the typical American citizen