Throughout yesterday’s Epstein listening to, Pam Bondi gave the nation a grasp class in deceptive debate techniques: whataboutism and tu quoque. When requested a hard-hitting query like “Will you are taking duty for breaking the legislation by sharing the names of Epstein victims?” she responded with “Effectively, what about Merrick Garland?!”:
Simply so we’re clear — responding to “Why didn’t you do your job?” with “Effectively, the man earlier than me didn’t both!” doesn’t even fly for line cooks. It undoubtedly shouldn’t work for america Legal professional Basic.
When requested why she was defending a category of rapacious billionaires, she responded by praising the DOW and pulling a “no u” on Jamie Raskin’s buying and selling finesse:
She additionally referred to as Raskin a “washed-up loser lawyer.” Missed alternative to inform her that she stole the phrases proper out of his mouth. Fortunately Rep. Balint didn’t miss the prospect to get a biting quip in. Be aware of the “Did that simply occur?” eye roll within the background:
Regardless of the file that ought to have ready her to assault her questioner’s character as an alternative of answering their questions:
She, unsurprisingly, didn’t do sufficient of the studying:
And as unhealthy because it was for the American public to get a mood tantrum as an alternative of solutions on why America’s Chapter Black Tapes aren’t being investigated, it’s a double damage for the survivors who needed to sit and see their trauma get used for political theater:
If there may be any silver lining to this, she was caught mendacity below oath and any individual with a shred of ethical decency would do the best factor and step down:
Who am I kidding? She’s gonna preserve masking for Trump till it’s determined that somebody has to be found in the wreckage. We will take some solace in realizing that her days as the autumn man draw close to.
Chris Williams grew to become a social media supervisor and assistant editor for Above the Legislation in June 2021. Previous to becoming a member of the employees, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord™ within the Fb group Legislation Faculty Memes for Edgy T14s . He endured Missouri lengthy sufficient to graduate from Washington College in St. Louis Faculty of Legislation. He’s a former boatbuilder who’s studying to swim, is desirous about vital race idea, philosophy, and humor, and has a love for biking that often annoys his friends. You’ll be able to attain him by electronic mail at [email protected] and by tweet at @WritesForRent.
