
The archetypal circular of confirmation hearings for Trump Cabinet appointees shows that Democrats aren’t funny successful governing — lone grandstanding.
Look astatine the circus of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s Tuesday hearing.
Hawaii’s Sen. Mazie Hirono, a lefty stalwart, debuted an utterly bizarre enactment astir Hegseth greenlighting subject invasions of Greenland oregon takeovers of the Panama Canal; she besides asked if Hegseth would travel a hypothetical bid from Trump to sprout protesters.
Virginia’s Tim Kaine sternly wagged his digit astatine Hegseth implicit allegations of atrocious behaviour toward women — beauteous affluent coming from a antheral who went puppy-eyes gaga successful nationalist for . . . Bill Clinton.
Liz Warren, who lied astir having Native American practice to prosper successful academia, went aft Hegseth for his honesty.
Pathetic. Zero substance, 100% partisan theater.
And that aforesaid cheap, circus-barker mentality was connected show during the Judiciary Committee’s proceeding for Attorney General-designate Pam Bondi.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) opened by asking if Bondi had an enemies database and demanding to cognize “under what circumstances volition you prosecute journalists.”
Connecticut’s Richard Blumenthal likewise asked if Bondi could accidental nary to the president “when helium asks you to bash thing unethical oregon illegal.”
Corrupt Russiagate-liar Calif. Sen. Adam Schiff followed this absurd enactment of questioning adjacent deeper down the rabbit hole, with Bondi landing assemblage blows successful response.
Notably, arsenic Schiff kept talking implicit her, answering his ain questions, she yet erupted: “You were censured by Congress, senator, for comments conscionable similar this and they’re truthful reckless!” — a excavation centering connected his repeated nationalist claims astir Trump’s ties to Russia that turned retired false.
Bondi volition beryllium tasked with moving and restoring an bureau hollowed retired and politicized by utterly supine Attorney General Merrick Garland, who did person an enemies database (it included acrophobic public-school parents and spiritual Catholics) and intelligibly ne'er told his boss no.
Schiff & Co.’s casting of Bondi arsenic a pistillate Nixon is an effort to pump immoderate vitality into the flagging fortunes of their just-whomped party.
Like Hirono and Kaine, they’re trying to make soundbites to boost their fund-raising (2026 is barreling toward america already, don’t forget.)
These elder elected officials are nary different, successful different words, from the histrionic big babies who invaded Energy Secretary-designate Chris Wright’s proceeding Wednesday to blubber and question signs astir however eeeeevil fossil fuels are.
Maybe this sweaty-browed huffing and puffing inactive plays with rubes who seal-clap for Rachel Maddow and Stephen Colbert.
But the 2024 predetermination results suggest it won’t determination anyone else.
Sad: The nationalist Dem enactment is arsenic retired of interaction with governmental world arsenic its members are loud, narcissistic and null connected policy.