A Republican lawmaker Thursday had an unexpected reaction after he asked former special counsel Jack Smith about President Donald Trump's threats. Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA) was questioning Smith during the House Judiciary Committee hearing — the first time Smith has testified publicly on the probes agai...
I watched some of the testimony and it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the Republicans have ceased being serious people, to the person. Every single time they questioned, every question was to gaslight, while being rude and interrupting as soon as Smith started answering.
Harriet Hageman from Wyoming (who replaced Liz Cheney after she was MAGA exiled) didn’t even give him enough time clearly indicate whether Smith was answering in a way she wanted or not. Three words out of his mouth and she just repeated her question loudly and demandingly, non-stop, trying to frame him as nonresponse or combative. Total clown.
Just a bad faith bad performance from bad people.
I also watched a bit of this and fail to see the point of them doing this. Grandstanding is suppose.
They think that the optics is more important than the substance, which - when the substance is asking “should we protect a traitor to democracy?” - is just evil.
They didn’t have a leg to stand on, but when has that ever stopped them?
It resonates with people who haven’t touched a book since high school and are easily influenced by confidence and conviction instead of reason and evidence.