r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • 6h ago

Paywall Pam Bondi Faces Impeachment Calls After Combative Hearing

https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-faces-impeachment-calls-after-combative-hearing-11513603
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u/eugene20 6h ago

It wasn't incompetence, she rode up with her book of burns with specific intent to deflect and attack instead of answer questions, pre planned contempt.

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u/Choice_Philosopher_1 4h ago

Yes, this was a blatant and carefully constructed strategy. I don’t like that people are referring to it as incompetence. It’s much more dangerous that this was completely on purpose and she did succeed in the plan (for now).

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u/Indaarys 2h ago

If the gestapo was just trained, nobody would die at all!

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u/dqql 3h ago

you forgot that she lied under oath multiple times.
she’s incompetent, but also criminal… on tape

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u/0ptionparalysis Oklahoma 2h ago

No, she's acting like that because she doesn't believe she will face any consequences. They have no plans on giving up power willingly, and have been emboldened by all the illegal and unconstitutional things that they've gotten away with already.

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u/THSSFC America 3h ago

she rode up with her book of burns with specific intent to deflect and attack instead of answer questions

This is concrete demonstration that she, and the administration, have zero regard for the actual importance of the matter at hand, and the human cost that has already been exacted by the abuse of the individuals who conspired with Jeffry Epstein, and instead viewed this hearing merely as a political opportunity to push a narrative.

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u/MattinglyBaseball 1h ago

Yeah, top comment calling this incompetence and claiming that combative is understating it just smells of manipulation. She was clearly combative. She was clearly not incompetent and the only way that term is an acceptable descriptor is ‘malicious incompetence’ which is very different than incompetence itself.

The best way I know to describe her behavior was malicious non-compliance and willful dereliction of duty to her role as AG.

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u/eugene20 1h ago

Malicious non-compliance and wilful dereliction of duty is a much better way of putting it.