Well, this incident gives us a good list of those Republicans who have tied their boat to President Trump and are terrified that his impeachment – or resignation – will be the end of their political careers.
House Republicans stormed a closed-door impeachment hearing on Wednesday to protest the inquiry and refused to leave until Democrats held an open hearing.
About 30 House Republicans, headed by Rep. Matt Gaetz, forced their way into the hearing as Laura Cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, was providing private testimony as part of the impeachment inquiry inside the House Intelligence Committee’s Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), according to Axios.
They said they were protesting the lack of transparency in the impeachment process, and refused to leave until the hearings were made public, despite longstanding rules that witnesses are interviewed in classified settings. [Business Insider]
I’ve not yet ascertained a list of Trump’s Little Boys, although I’ve noted notorious Trump adherent Rep Matt Gaetz (R-FL) (TrumpScore: 83.2%, which is surprisingly low) claims to be the leader. Rep Marshall (R-KS) (TS: 97.9%), Rep Mark Walker (R-NC) (TS: 93.2%), Rep Buddy Carter (R-GA) (TS: 95.7%), Rep Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) (TS: 96.0%), and Mo Brooks (R-AL) (TS: 88%, again a bit low) all appear to be part of this little theater stunt doomed to go wrong. They see disaster looming for their leader and therefore their ideology – and thus this panic reaction.
Their excuse that secret hearings are inappropriate is bullshit, as I said before.
And, to them, I will say good riddance. Their inability to see what’s been in front of their noses for just about four years now marks them as a bunch of morally inferior creatures, unworthy of the seats they occupy.
Moderate Republicans take note! This makes for a good list of primary challenges.
