Please. Democratic representatives, just stop

[4bonhoffer]

When these republican ass hats show up at hearings , please stop playing into their game. Instead of playing psychobabble with them just spend you’re allotted time reading off everything they have done or are doing that is illegal.Representative Jasmine Crockett did this at a hearing and it was far more effective than engaging with someone who is only trying to create fox sound bites.
Remember the old adage about never wrestling with a pig.

[FoxNewsSucks]

1. It was really effective.

Just have it ready, and when the assholes start going Bondi, cut 'em off and start reading.

[lastlib]

12. Don't give them the chance to go on offense.....

Like they say, when you get down in the mud with a pig, you both get muddy, and the pig enjoys it.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. True. Democrats always act like there's a rule that says their only strategy is defense.

The Republicans have given them so much ammunition. No reason for us not to go one the offense.

[calimary]

3. New rule for Democrats: NO MORE NICE GUY!

NO MORE NICE GAL, either!

[Frasier Balzov]

4. Creating soundbites for Democratic campaign ads.

An excellent use of testimony time.

Say it so everyone can hear it, use it, repeat it.

[chowder66]

9. It's good to see how much Republicans will lie and how much they don't know about what they speak of.

[Leghorn21]

5. YES PLEASE

P L E A S E

[Roy Rolling]

6. It's a reality-TV administration

Turn off their mics.

Republicans use engagement as what we call in filmmaking as “b-roll”.

Lawmakers need to be aware of this and not help democratic opposition by claiming ignorance. A person’s image in public requires constant vigilance.

Don’t appear in media if you don’t know the context and political script—in which sometimes we’re just one of the actors inadvertently playing a role for the opposition.

[orangecrush]

7. Behold

Jason Crow demonstrates how to make Hegseth squirm like a worm on a hook

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[4bonhoffer]

13. This is why I created my post

I thought Rep. Crow could have provided much more information had hegseth not wasted so much of Rep. Crow’s allotted time. ( Rep. Crow is outstanding )

[patphil]

8. You can only wrestle with a pig if it's already been cooked.

[OrlandoDem2]

10. Just repeatedly call them a liar, coward, or kiss-ass.

Stop engaging in actual debate because it’s not a real debate if they are using made up, “alternative” facts.

Call. Them. Liars!

[bigtree]

11. how about recognizing they aren't putting on a show for you

...but gathering as much information as they can to make judgments related to their committee's role in holding the administration accountable.

Instead of just assuming they're trying to play gotcha, how about taking each hearing for what it's about and relating what they're advocating to the issues that actually concern these members.

This simplistic, 'do this' directed at people who've already fought and won actual campaigns against republicans is galling enough. Making this demand without giving a clue what the individual members are pursuing, much less what's actually said, is mostly indecipherable outside of these projections.

Just starting with this absurdity that they did something wrong because someone doesn't like the wording they used when they happened to look to see what they're doing.

It's as if people believe they're just floundering around just waiting to be told to move this way or the other. The reality is that they have actual responsibilities to govern, which isn't always going to be about performing for someone.

I mean, who is this supposed to be for? To convince you to oppose republicans, or convince people to support the only party that's focused on the people?

Acting like a committee hearing is some sort of contest is absurd. The contest happens when WE vote, with the certainty that our elected Democrats will vote the right way, ideally in a majority. The game is won if we give them enough members to prevail in those votes. That's the contest. That's the game here, not this second-guessing what someone said.

How about people throwing around this shit 'stop'? Use these platforms to amplify what our elected Dems are doing and saying. This backbiting shit is worth nothing and does nothing but encourage cynicism, and it's just as specious as it can be.

This shit needs to stop. The members aren't reading this, Dems supporters are, and it amounts to nothing but Democratic opposition, and specious opposition, at that.

[QueerDuck]

14. Thank you