You may have heard by now of the scandal brewing in the Capitol Café (the small eatery in the basement of the Capitol building). If not, here’s the skinny: Indiana Congressman Mark Souder (R) allegedly wanted a toasted turkey sandwich real bad; Café worker Kennison Battle (known as Mohammed) allegedly gets to work on sandwich but makes fatal error of grilling aforementioned sandwich; Souder allegedly tries to correct Battle, who allegedly attempts to set it right; confusion reigns in grill area of the Capitol Café over whether direct or indirect heat is the proper way of cooking a turkey sandwich; Souder storms out of the Café in a huff and, three days hence, Battle is canned.

Now, we don’t usually wade into the minutiae and trifles of the various members of Congress we host in our fair city. If we did that, that would be all we did. And frankly, it’s just unseemly and mind crushingly boring. But, a new twist has been added to this story that has piqued our interest. Now, nearly three weeks after the incident, there is a rumor that Battle called Souder “a redneck honky.” Ohhh shit. Primadonna Congressman in a tiff over a sandwich? Who cares? Primadonna Congressman in a tiff over a sandwich with a swirling undercurrent of race and class conflict? That is DCist all over.

Delicious photo from ninjapoodles.