After today's hearing I question what qualifications you need to be elected as a gop

[drray23]

I am amazed at how mediocre the GOP members of Congress are. Many of them act as if they never evolved out of being schoolyard bullies. Some are plain dumb like gohmert. Most are unable to argue their position without resorting to name calling. We saw that displayed today.

Michael Cohen who according to Giuliani and his ilk is a
mediocre lawyer had no problems running circle around them. All the GOP reps did was to try to say he was a liar as if it mattered. After all, Cohen had defused this line of attack from the start by having pled guilty and openly admitted to having lied before. He also came armed with factual evidence.

Instead of debating him on the substance the GOP reps just launched into temper tantrums. No salient question, nothing.

Compare that with the brilliance on our side. Chairman Cummings was masterfull. Our new members were very good. Both Ro Khanna and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez had excellent lines of questioning.

This begs the question : is it a requirement to be dim in order to be elected on the GOP platform ? Is that what their voters mean by "telling it like it is" ? Are the GOP Congress members really mediocre intellectually or am I biased because of my political affiliation ?

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Ignorant. Caucasian. Preferably male. Female OK if subservient. Protestant Fundamentalist

[LonePirate]

2. You simply need to be white and more supportive of 45 than the Constitution.

Bonus points if you’re a racist, evangelical moron.

[D_Master81]

3. In rural areas like where I live

You really dont need to be that intelligent or charismatic, you just have to repeat the Fox News talking points and come across as the most right wing candidate in the race to win. The county I live in is 70% GOP so there's no need to worry about going too far to the right so everyone at the state level runs SUPER hard to the right, suggesting openly banning gay marriage and abortion and they win. People like that used to be relegated to the sidelines, but now have crept into the national spotlight over the past 10 years really since Sarah Palin and then the Tea Party movement. I honestly dont see where it goes back the other way.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Have you seen their candidate for the NC-9 redo? Boss Hogg?

[drray23]

5. Yeap. I thought it was a joke at first.nt.

[True Blue American]

7. Oh Lord!

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/mark-harris-wont-run-in-nc-09-backs-stony-rushing.html

Can you believe this?

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. Yes. Yes. Yes.

GOP voters demand that their representatives be all these things - plus "Cleverly" racist with all the right dog whistles.

[brush]

8. One blowhard repug rep., the one in the tan vest, asked Cohen where are the files...

files he kept referring to in his testimony and why they weren't turned over to the special councel's office?

Cohen responded that they were files returned to him by the special councel but the rep kept grandstanding and demanding that Cohen turn over the files to the special councel.

Cohen looked at him like he was crazy as he kept on about turning over the files.

Strictly amateur hour stuff.