Congress is a waste of space and time. Congress should be clawing back its own authority from the executive branch and actually doing things from time to time.
But they’re not focused on what matters. Instead, they are focused on camera spots.
Yesterday, Hunter Biden showed up on the Hill. The goal for him in showing up on the Hill was to try to demonstrate Republicans would not allow him to testify openly; they want him to testify behind closed doors. Originally, the committee said he could pick to testify behind closed doors or to testify openly, and then they said they actually wanted him to do both. They want him to testify behind closed doors in order to testify openly.
Realistically, you really want people to testify behind closed doors because otherwise you end up with grandstanding.
So, what did we get yesterday from both sides of the aisle? Grandstanding, instead of actually…
