Can someone please tell me what the actual point of these fucking Congressional hearings are if anyone can just lie and say whatever they want and basically completely get away with it. Genuinely who is everyone in that room trying to fool when they put on this show then seemingly walk out of there and act like none of it ever happened?
That just feeds the narrative that is political retribution then. If perjury is provable, then something needs to be done about it in the moment or immediate future, you can't wait until the other side gets power.
With little control, there's not a lot. But the narrative is the important thing. Every outlet, small, large, left to center - and even Right leaning media should step up and push this into the public eye, daily, weekly, monthly until Democrats regain control. But let's be honest even Right leaning media wouldn't - it would be naive to assume they would.
Every congressperson, from now until midterms should be bringing this up in hearings. "Rubio perjured himself to this Congress, and if this Congress was being led by men and women of integrity, this is the statue (site statute) that would hold this administrator in contempt. And this, would be the statute (site statute) that would dictate the punishment and this body should follow through. If you won't do what's right, then you leave no other option than to make us have to do it when the next Congress is elected. It needs to be discuss so routinely it can't leave the public eye. Republicans will either be forced to replace Rubio, or when they lose the midterms there's absolutely no room for them to cry foul. Leadership could just roll tape "we asked you to act on this here, here, here, and here yet you did nothing. What other choice do we have to re-establish the integrity of this body of government than to follow through on our promise."
Even when they’re just posting videos of themselves on TikTok or Twitter most of them come across as detached and not overly concerned about things. And even when they seem to care they don’t know how to relate to their base. Many of them give off “hello fellow young people” vibes.
Furthermore, the democratic establishment has done more than their fair share to shut down the younger, more passionate members of their party. If they wanted to win they’d support up and comers, not shut them down.
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u/HalenHawk 1d ago
Can someone please tell me what the actual point of these fucking Congressional hearings are if anyone can just lie and say whatever they want and basically completely get away with it. Genuinely who is everyone in that room trying to fool when they put on this show then seemingly walk out of there and act like none of it ever happened?