During yesterday’s Epstein hearing, Pam Bondi gave the nation a master class in misleading debate tactics: whataboutism and tu quoque. When asked a hard-hitting question like “Will you take responsibility for breaking the law by sharing the names of Epstein victims?” she responded with “Well, what about Merrick Garland?!”:
Just so we’re clear — responding to “Why didn’t you do your job?” with “Well, the guy before me didn’t either!” doesn’t even fly for line cooks. It definitely shouldn’t work for the United States Attorney General.
When asked why she was protecting a class of rapacious billionaires, she responded by praising the DOW and pulling a “no u” on Jamie Raskin’s trading finesse:
She also called Raskin a “washed-up loser lawyer.” Missed opportunity to tell her that she stole the words right out of his mouth. Thankfully Rep. Balint didn’t miss the chance to get a biting quip in. Take note of the “Did that just happen?” eye roll in the background:
Despite the dossier that should have prepared her to attack her questioner’s character instead of answering their questions:
She, unsurprisingly, didn’t do enough of the reading:
And as bad as it was for the American public to get a temper tantrum instead of answers on why America’s Chapter Black Tapes aren’t being investigated, it’s a double injury for the survivors who had to sit and see their trauma get used for political theater:
If there is any silver lining to this, she was caught lying under oath and any person with a shred of moral decency would do the right thing and step down:
Who am I kidding? She’s gonna keep covering for Trump until it’s decided that someone has to be found in the wreckage. We can take some solace in knowing that her days as the fall guy draw near.
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