Plenty of politicians in Washington, D.C., embody a "do as I say, not as I do" attitude, and they generally don't like it when their "the rules don't apply to me" arrogance is publicly exposed.

That is what happened on Wednesday when Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) erupted against her colleague, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), and accused him of "stalking" her and her staff after he called out the "hypocrisy" of her and other Democrats, according to the Daily Caller.

At issue was Moreno's admission that he had collected the readily visible Vehicle Identification Numbers of the cars used by his Democrat colleagues and their staffs, which don't have the additional safety features they've attempted to mandate on all other drivers.

Democrats accused of hypocrisy

Wednesday's confrontation occurred near the end of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on a trio of President Donald Trump's nominees to serve in various capacities in the Transportation Department.

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Sen. Moreno raised the point while questioning one of the nominees that many Americans hold on to older vehicles that lack newer mandatory safety features because they can't afford new vehicles, which have become too expensive because of the extra safety feature mandates that were pushed by Democrats.

"Would it surprise you that I got the VIN numbers of every one of my Democrat colleagues' vehicles and found that none of them bought any of the additional safety technologies on their cars?" the Ohio Republican asked rhetorically.

Accused of "stalking"

According to The Hill, Sen. Rosen took exception to Sen. Moreno's "overreach" and asserted that his collection of VINs was an invasion of the privacy of Democrat members and their staffs, as well as being "a little creepy."

"I object to you stalking my car and my staff to find the VIN numbers to present to this committee," Rosen shouted at one point, according to the Daily Caller, to which Moreno calmly replied, "It’s visible from the outside of the car."

"If you came and asked me for my VIN, I will tell you what I have in my car," the Nevada Democrat insisted amid an effort to force her colleague to reveal to the committee the numbers he'd collected and the true purpose for doing so, which he quickly noted was to "expose" the "hypocrisy" of Rosen and others.

The confrontation then swiftly devolved into an argument over who was at fault for the ongoing government shutdown, replete with accusations that neither side cared about the shutdown-related pain and suffering of some of the American people.

"If you went home to a food bank instead of going to Mar-a-Lago, to eat at a gold-plated dinner while people are starving, you might see and hear your constituents, sir. You are blind to the suffering of your people," Rosen asserted in reference to a Halloween party at the president's South Florida resort that Moreno, per a spokesperson, did not attend.

Rosen takes fight to social media

The Daily Caller noted that the fight seemed to continue on social media, at least one-sidedly, as Sen. Rosen shared a brief video clip on her X account of her back-and-forth with Sen. Moreno.

"Instead of @berniemoreno creepily following us to the cars we use to get to work in the Capitol and writing down their VIN numbers, I'd suggest he use his time in more productive ways -- like coming to the table and negotiating with Democrats on actions to protect Americans' access to affordable health care and end this Republican shutdown," Rosen wrote.

Moreno doesn't appear to have responded to Rosen's social media post, and The Hill noted that his spokesperson said that his remarks during the contentious hearing "speak for themselves."