It was a true test of my ability to control my temper.

True story: one of my PZC commissioners pased this out to his colleagues and soapboxed about this last night. It was the annoying button on a 3-hour meeting.

That's my Congressman.

That holds up in grammar court.

Grammar nerd here. Your error was constructing a sentence with too much complexity. It made the was/were trap too easy into which to fall.

Is this an actual point someone is trying to make? Nobody could actually be that addled.

I'm kind of ok with a hostel takeover of CT. More young solo travelers bunking together in dorms and buying coffee and used books before they go hiking? Sounds charming.