I know how it feels to be mistaken for someone else or over looked. Shoot, at my last job it was at least a year before people could tell the difference between me and another black female who was hired about a month after me. We looked NOTHING a like.
That being said, Ms. McKinney is my congresswoman
so I kinda know how she rolls (no, I did NOT vote for her). She has a rep for thumbing her nose at rules. She used to, not sure if she still does, wear tennis shoes every day and complain if people said something about it. Her not wearing the lapel pin was not something she just forgot when she was running out of the house. She frequently does not wear it and then gets mad (again) when people don't recognize her.
She is very devisive and as a result, does very little for the district. She needs to sat down somewhere!