My takeaway from the confirmation hearings so far is that the Democratic Party suffers from a severe IQ deficit. Their senators are at best dull-witted, and often embarrassing. Rarely do they ask a serious question; rather, they repeat discredited anti-Trump tropes that the witnesses can generally swat away without difficulty.
Here, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, a dim bulb even by Senate Democrat standards, tries to run the “family separation” chestnut past Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem. It’s a mismatch, in part because of the mismatch between Trump’s record and Biden’s:
RICHARD BLUMENTHAL: "Will you help me reunite children with their parents who were separated by Trump's family separation policy?"
KRISTI NOEM: "What I'm alarmed by is the over 300,000 children that went missing during the Biden administration."
BLUMENTHAL: "Let's put aside the… pic.twitter.com/j13huXJTjE
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) January 17, 2025
I don’t know, the Democrats might consider waiving their right to question the remaining nominees.
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