Thursday, June 13, 2019

When did Congressional testimony become performance art?

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Victor Davis Hanson: Anti-Trump figures could face 'boomerang effect' as Mueller probe concludes 
. . . "Hanson recommended that President Trump in 2020 campaign heavily on the state of the economy as the post-Mueller news cycle continues."You mention the good economy," he told host Laura Ingraham. "That's something Trump needs to focus even more on.""We have a big annual deficit and Trump might be vulnerable there, but the Democrats don't have a reputation for fiscal sobriety," he added. "In areas that Trump might be vulnerable, they offer no alternative vision but the Green New Deal and reparations." . . .
When you address a committee, you are competing for attention and influence on the internet  . . . "To note that he was showboating is not meant as a criticism. Stewart has campaigned for proper health coverage for the first responders for over a decade and knows many of them personally: these were not the vainglorious platitudes of another celebrity chump.
"But it is also worth noting that Stewart did not have to – as a YouTuber might put it – ‘DESTROY’ the committee as much as he did. He could have made his points without the ‘EPIC’ anger; without all the zingers (‘al-Qaeda didn’t shout “death to Tribeca”‘); without constantly fiddling with his pen the way he used to on The Daily Show. He could – probably – have got what he wanted without making the whole process of committee hearings look dull, antiquated and inhumane." . . .

Want To Guess Which Republican Sided With Democrats On AG Barr's Contempt Vote? . . . "And now, the war between House Democrats and the Trump White House had reached a new level. Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) was the sole Republican to vote with Democrats (via NYT):

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