Filed under: When attention whoring goes wrong.

Via Daily Mail:

They were walking the red carpet with the likes of Beyonce, Jay Z, Rihanna and Kanye West.

But congresswomen Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Sheila Jackson Lee caused more of a storm than the majority of the celebrities with their own attendance at the star-studded bash.

Both Democrats, who are outspoken over wanting to close the wealth gap between rich and poor, sparked calls of ‘hypocrisy’ from disgruntled voters with their appearance alongside the Holywood elite.

Within minutes of being spotted, people took to social media to question why they were there. Facebook group 100 Percent FED Up wrote: ‘Inequality queens living it up at the Grammy Awards’ sparking angry backlash.

Marcia Quimby Ortner posted: ‘Glad this photo is going around FB. So hypocritical.’

When questioned by MailOnline, Wasserman Schultz’s press secretary Sean Bartlett said she was at the Grammys attending a political event, adding that her travel was paid for through her campaign.