With Joe Scarborough having the day off from Morning Joe, there was no mocking of House Investigations Committee Chairman Jim Comer’s southern accent. No claims that Arnold the Pig from Green Acres could do a better job. No stereotypes of Kentuckians like Comer being hillbillies with “a squirrel fryer and a hound dog,” toting a “coonskin cap and a shotgun.”
Instead, the show settled for Mika calling the Republicans on the committee “crazy.” And they had “nothing” on Joe Biden!
But two of the panelists actually suggested it was a mistake for Hunter, via his lawyer, to announce that he would not be appearing at a public hearing the committee has scheduled for next week. Elise Jordan said, “I really question the decision not to just show up,” given that “he was fighting for public testimony, I believe, just a couple months ago.”
Jonathan Lemire agreed, noting…
