Even Democrats were shocked when Christopher Wray and Alejandro Mayorkas refused to appear for a routine annual review of national security matters before the Senate.
Democratic Senator Gary Peters called the snub “shocking.”
Secretary Mayorkas and Director Wray’s refusal to speak publicly about their departments’ efforts to address the threats our nation faces robs Americans of critical information.
The American people deserve transparency and accountability on these issues. pic.twitter.com/JCZ1KvdUUW
— Senator Gary Peters (@SenGaryPeters) November 21, 2024
So much for respecting the norms, guys. Democracy Dies in Darkness, as I recall.
The excuse from Wray and Mayorkas is, well, unconvincing, and amounts to “we talk to Congress too much already” and the people don’t have a right to know anything anyway.
Top members of the Senate Homeland Security…
