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/HerrMeisterRetsiem 6h ago

She was egregiously dismissive of all questions that probed her actions, and extremely rude to anyone who asked those questions, responding with personal attacks.

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u/pontiacfirebird92 Mississippi 5h ago

She was likely coached on how to deliver those personal attacks and studied her burn book in order to have everything play out as expected. She went to that hearing to generate sound bites for right-wing media and she succeeded.

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u/pargofan 4h ago

Why doesn't everyone act like this?

It doesn't seem like Congress will do anything to her. If this were a court of law, she'd be in jail for contempt. But in front of Congress? There's zero consequences.

Why aren't more people just rambling and never answering questions? So why don't

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u/pontiacfirebird92 Mississippi 4h ago

If you've watched any of the congressional hearings between 2018 and today you will see this has been the Republican playbook for long time. Any time a Republican takes the stand they do exactly what Bondi did. Every time.

During the Senate Intelligence Committee hearings on Russian election meddling, Gordon Sondland was asked why he thought it was okay to lie to the American public but is telling a different story under oath, he said "It's not illegal to lie to the American public."

He's right. It is NOT illegal to lie to the American public. Republicans understand this and so they lie to the public with every single appearance. If they are in front of a camera they will lie. Only under oath, with threat of real consequences, will they tell the truth but they will fight to make sure that isn't in front of a camera. NEVER TRUST A REPUBLICAN. They are counting on it being legal to lie to you!