Yesterday I discussed the behavior of the House GOP in the context of the impeachment inquiry, and now Roll Call has added another fact to the matter:
Republicans have for weeks blasted the closed-door impeachment process, but transcripts released this week of private depositions show most GOP lawmakers on the three panels at the center of the probe have simply not shown up.
The low attendance for most committee Republicans paints a very different picture of a party that recently stormed the secure room where the depositions have been conducted, demanding to participate in the process. Republican questioning during these private interviews have been driven by a handful of President Donald Trump’s allies and GOP staff.
Conservative Republicans, many closely tied to Trump from the hard-line House Freedom Caucus, have led the GOP questioning, a preview of the coming tumultuous public impeachment process. What is unclear is what role, if any, other Republicans will play.
An impeachment and trial of a President is an undeniably historic process, and should merit the most serious of attention of the Republicans on those panels. We, the voters, are not seeing that serious attention given, and even when the Republicans do show up, the questioning of the witness is not insightful; it’s merely an attempt to grandstand.
So I will have to add another category:
4. Too lazy to get the work done.
The power-hungry are not always known for their work ethic.
