House Republicans' Trump impeachment strategy was simple: Distract, deceive and yell

[babylonsister]

House Republicans' Trump impeachment strategy was simple: Distract, deceive and yell
GOP lawmakers have treated the hearings like Fox New segments, delivering loud, rambling monologues in a deliberate attempt to wear down participants and viewers.
Dec. 12, 2019, 4:30 AM EST
By Kurt Bardella, NBC News THINK contributor


If there’s one thing we’ve seen consistently from Republicans during the past few weeks of congressional impeachment hearings, it’s yelling.

The articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump have been drafted and the process is now moving steadily towards a vote in the House. But GOP lawmakers, especially GOP men, aren't going down quietly. Perhaps Democratic Coalition’s Jon Cooper put it best when he tweeted Monday, “Why is Doug Collins always yelling?” CNBC’s Christina Wilkie pointed out a similar phenomenon, noting that Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz was "yelling about whether the rules of the hearing are, in fact, the rules of the hearing.”

Link to tweet

Indeed, in observing my former House GOP comrades over the many days of contentious House hearings, I am reminded of a scene from the classic Will Ferrell comedy “Anchorman,” where the famed (and fictional) Channel 4 News team angrily confronts its news director over the hiring of a female reporter. In the scene, several of the male journalists take turns yelling their opposition to the addition. Steve Carell’s character, Brick Tamland, isn’t really smart enough to have a critique but wishing to be included, he screams, “I don’t know what we’re yelling about!”

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The conservative approach during these hearings has been to treat every member’s time like it is a segment on Fox News. The members are playing the part of Sean Hannity or Laura Ingraham. Their script is built on misdirection and moving the goal posts as their paltry strategy shifts to incorporate various conspiracy theories and outlandish claims. But ultimately, the overarching argument is that the entire process is circumspect.

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Bad Acting...Ham Actors the lot of them...

Playing to the audience of the Orange Anus. Republicans have sold their souls to the Devil.

[Guilded Lilly]

2. Juvenile yelling and blowhard bluster is all they have...

They were hoping to insult the Democrats enough to engage them in verbal wars.
Democrats were hard focused on the proof of the Cretin being a traitorous wretch and thus, basically, owning the day.

Most Cretin supporters weren’t watching or weren’t aware the hearings were even on. Most are bone-assed dumb, acutely mean or terminally ignorant- and profoundly unreachable concerning the corruption and destruction of their country.

This was all drama-queen (king actually, it’s the males being blabbering assholes) posturing for the Republicans’ little foreign comrade leader and his mangy lap dog U.S.president.

[world wide wally]

3. They act like every sentence out of their mouths should begin with, "Ah hah!"

[Wounded Bear]

4. When beset by fear and doubt, run in circles, scream and shout...

[VOX]

5. Wish a Democrat would press them with "Why all the screaming?" just to put it back on those jerks.

And keep bringing it up from time to time. Of course they will evade, and/or they won’t answer the question.

Republicans will be the death of the U.S.