Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appeared before the Senate today to discuss the Treasury budget appropriation and respond to questions.
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice-Chairman Mark Warner could not contain himself and used his time on camera to question Secretary Bessent about something far away from Bessent’s sphere of influence. Warner began physically shaking and grasping for words to describe his outrage, his apoplexy and fury at the audacity of President Trump to appoint Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence.
The first half of this segment is glorious.
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Not since Matt Gaetz nomination to AG have we seen such fits of apoplexy coming from within congress to the interim appointment of a cabinet member in an ‘acting’ capacity. Forget the sand, the gears of government are reacting to an iron wrench in their machinery. It’s awesome.
They’ve already threatened to withhold FISA-702 reauthorization, and if we get lucky, they’ll threaten to eliminate the income tax.
There should be a rule when the person required to be at these hearings be given the courtesy of allowing them to answer the questions within a reasonable time. Maybe use a time clock for fairness. Times up? Mic off.
We know why the rambling speeches and rude interruptions are done for the purpose of creating a quick, dishonest, gotcha sound bite for their allies in the fake news media and played back to the ignorant, incurious, rope-a-dope TV zombies back home in Anytown, USA.
Otherwise these hearings should not be taken seriously, unless the person answering has a quick wit and a biting comeback that exposes and/or embarrasses the questioner. Even then the answer will probably wind up on the cutting room floor and never heard by Joe Sixpack and Susie Homemaker.
These are not meant to be “hearings.” They are Pure American Kabuki Vaudeville Follies! 🙂
too bad bessent didn’t mention james wolfe.
Sen. Warner is a real-life version of what the Animal House movie character “Doug Neidermeyer” would have become in the decades after his frat-boy escapades at Faber College.
Nope….. Greg Marmalard. Dougie was a lot tougher than Warner. Mark Warner has no stones.
Great thought, though, RM. I like your thinking. See my earlier post on this thread. 🙂
Now, the unhinged, foaming at the mouth faux-rage of Bill Keating…… THAT’S a Neidermeyer! 🙂
Anyone who recalls Sundance’s repeated recounting of Sen. Warner’s corrupt (actually criminal AFAIK) role in the Pee-Pee Dossier / Russiagate scandal will see his little charade during Bessent’s Senate Inquisition for what it is – nothing but a purely political performative act.
What a load of……(fill in your preferred species of excrement)!
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Warner. Complete idiot! A moron!
Seems like the equivalent of… “Daddy, if you don’t let me take the car, I’m going to cut up my (your) credit card.”