<div><p>So a Democrat and a Republican go on a road trip.</p><p>No it's not the beginning of a joke, it's exactly what happened when two Texas congressman had their flights to DC canceled (apparently snowstorms even affect our politicians.)</p><p>Rep Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat, and Will Hurd, a Republican, piled into a rented Chevy Impala and started their long drive to the Nation's Capitol, live-streaming the trip on Facebook as they went.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/betoandwillcampaign-mashable.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/betoandwillcampaign-mashable_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/betoandwillcampaign-mashable_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/betoandwillcampaign-mashable_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/betoandwillcampaign-mashable_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/betoandwillcampaign-mashable_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="Campaign Trail" alt="Campaign Trail" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>El Paso Times</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>O'Rourke told the Dallas Morning News that they wanted to prove that politicians can work together, regardless of which party they belong to.</p><p>They say they weren't very close when the drive started, but with so long in a car they couldn't help but warm up to one another. By the time they arrived they were talking about spending Thanksgiving together.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"I've learned a lot about Beto," Hurd said. "We've learned we can work together on a lot more issues than what we have been."</p><p>They used the trip to reach out to constituents in their districts and beyond. They even turned it into an impromptu call-in show by calling their colleagues.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/betoandwillthumbsup-El-Paso-Times-1.jpg" title="Thumbs Up" alt="Thumbs Up" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite>El Paso Times</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>You might wonder why they didn't just wait for a new flight? The congressman were in a hurry to make it back in time for a vote.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>It's too bad government can't always come together like this, but maybe it's the beginning of something better.</p></div>