Larry Craig's Bathroom Scandal

Senator Larry Craig was arrested in 2007 during a sting operation for soliciting se*ual contact in

a men’s airport bathroom stall. The incident became one of the most infamous political

scandals of the decade — not just because of the arrest itself, but because of how

bizarrely Craig tried to explain it away afterward. Police reports said he tapped his foot

and signaled under the divider, behaviors the undercover officer recognized as solicitations.

Craig insisted it was all a misunderstanding. He claimed his foot-tapping wasn’t a coded signal at all,

just the result of having a “wide stance” when using public bathrooms. The explanation

instantly turned into national late-night comedy fodder, talk-show material, and a defining political