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this is how senators learn to do cross-examination, in geologic measures of time

Brilliant

It's embarrassing what otherwise accomplished people will do for power. Sadly, I wonder how they were raised.

What an embarrassment

THIS is what I have been calling for for months!!!

Embarrassing. This is what humans become under a dictatorship.

@atrupar.com I want all my taxes back. They just waste everything.

Someone will not be happy to hear this!

And he lost in 2024 to . Mush rigged the election

Except as a matter of law, and we know they think laws are for other people.

They can't admit it, because they know Trump, his lackeys and their own competitors for the court seats are watching and saying anything Trump doesn't like would see their nomination withdrawn.

This is how GOP clowns answer the question when they think Trump will never hear it (because they thought grand jury proceedings would remain sealed):

New respect for my junior senator after this brilliant inquisition.

As a matter of fact; and as a matter of law, #DJT is a useless treasonous bigoted pendejo that MUST be removed from office and incarcerated! bsky.app/profile/otro...

They need to rig up some sort of a machine. Maybe shock collars? Some sort of mechanical boot that kicks them in the nuts? Whenever they can’t answer this question in a straight, matter of fact, way - zzzzzcckt! Shock to the neck and booomp! Kick to the nuts.

They all sound like porky pig trying to answer that.

One fact is clear about each of these judicial nominees: not one of them possesses any capacity for shame. (That is a trait of sociopaths.)

What a massive joke of a human being

Your country is so fucked. They are all terrified of Trump and his MAGAT mob.

"Who lost the presidential election in 2020?"

If any of these judges asked a witness a simple question of fact and received as slippery an answer, they would rightfully be pissed off.

Word salad from the nominee. Just what you want from a federal judge. Good grief. 🙄

They're asking the wrong question. They should be asking: "Who lost the 2020 election?" or "Who didn't win the 2020 election?" or "Who was not certified as the winner of the 2020 election?"

Question, has any of the Trump nominees been able to answer these simple election result questions with a yes or no? I would venture to say that they actually may get a good number of Dems to confirm their nomination in addition to most of the Republicans.

0 balls!

These people are beyond ridiculous.

If the DNC was on their job. They would be using all of these clips in ads.

Pathetic sycophants not allowed by their king to admit Biden won the 2020 election.

Yea, this isn’t the gotcha that appeals to the avg folk. These guys aren’t even saying anything, so you can’t even put it in an ad or whatever is the point. It’s not like they’re not getting confirmed.

you can just feel their immortal souls shriveling up and turning sour

Finally! I've been waiting for someone to ask them about other elections to see how they would respond. Thank you Senator Schiff

I knew the US was falling, I still struggle with how fast and how far they have 🤦‍♀️

But I want this job and he can still denounce me and withdraw my name. After my confirmation I will admit privately he takes sadistic pleasure in making the courtiers dance.

The follow-up question should have been ... "Do you doubt the election process that took place to not say he won?"

It doesn’t take much to tie those nuts in knots.

These “men” are not men

I was waiting for someone to finally do this. Finish by asking who won 2024 and why they only election that's in doubt for these cowards is the one Trump was in charge of.

"Mr. Cook, who won the bofa election?"

Cowards

Washington tilted the election by chopping down a cherry tree.

Why are they so scared of just saying Biden won. If you have to debase yourself to get a job, the job isn't worth it. Utter idiocy.

My god, what an insane time we’re living through.

We are cooked

I will never ever be convinced that TFG won all 7 swing states by the exact margin needed to avoid triggering an automatic recount in 2024.

More than that, they have poisoned peoples’ minds.

And yet Democrats confirm these appointments. Slotkin, Kelley, Hickenlooper, Gallego, Hassan, and more voted for Republican nominees.

generations - plural

When politicians are bought democracy ends.

Nothing like forcing bullshitters to be consistent.

they will be confirmed by your corrupt and useless government

This. Is. Fkkking. Insanity!

Look part of me really wanted Schiff to just very explicitly say "it is very obvious you guys are full of shit because the chain of logic you espoused right before the question about the 2020 election came up sounded like normal answers and not like dodgy fucking bullshit. You fucking liars."

Do people understand what is happening? republicans are the only ones rigging the elections........WAKE UP!!

make stupid people say they're stupid!

Dude, if that guy actually DID do that to a random person on the street, his ass would get thrown in front of a bus. TF outta here with your dodging, jackass.

It's just the ordeal they have to go through. They'll evade and try not to lie, but will lie if necessary. All to get into positions of power.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST

Hoping for Dems to impeach all of them who failed to answer this question. Not unreasonable tbh

WTF grown ass men shitting their pants to answer a simple question question.

Love to reminisce with my friends: “man do you guys Super Bowl XX? The Chicago Bears were certified as the winners while the New England Patriots were the converse of that”

😳😡

Judicial nominees who have difficulty with facts and laws don't seem up to the job maybe? And that Cook guy couldn't see the trap coming until he fell into it?

Fuck them all.

These fucking weasels. Hard to imagine abasing oneself like that.

😎

Yes of course. The system worked well in 2016, when their guy won, but was completely corrupt in 2020. Makes all the sense in the world. Every single Republican hosebag knows very well that Trump lost in 2020. That lie is just one of the many things that makes them repugnant human beings.

These clowns need to be put down. Dangerous

I have been wondering for what while why the questioners didn't do this. Ask them about other elections starting with Obama and then up through the 2024 election. That would include 2 Trump wins.

“Did Dewey defeat Truman?” “Who is buried in Grant’s tomb?” Schiff is at least having fun making these fools look like the spineless lickspittles they are.

I'm so old, I remember when one proper noun could answer each of those questions. Judicial nominees, your humiliation rituals are giving Rump partial dementia mushroom boners right now, and I am SO here for it. I love this stuff. 🤣🤣🤣

They sound ridiculous.

Because both elections were rigged. Bernie was the People’s democratic nomination but the establishment didn’t want that.

Fascist appeasing cowards and bastards.

gotta give him credit for being equally obtuse across all those elections, though. perhaps the initial question should be operationally defining a win based on the US constitution.

Disgusting!

How many years did it take the Dems to finally realize this is the way to question on this issue?

They’ll still vote these slugs in anyway.

This bozo knew he got caught up when it happened and smiled when he realized the trap he was in. So tired of these losers, in the real world they wouldn’t survive 6 months without resorting to stealing or other violent crime.

Toads. The lot of them. These are not men.

They know the trap, so he's trying not to say it.

Visceral

Don't know, but I'll bet defense lawyers will use them when appealing their decisions

I know people like fire breathing, charismatic candidates, but if you had more smart people like Schiff elected as Democrats? It would be good for the Democratic Party, and it would be good for the government and America

Fucking America-hating cowards. End of story.

This is so embarrassing for y’all. These are people who are going to be tasked with adjudicating fact from fiction with lives and livelihoods on the line?

Ooh, Schiff shoulda let that one guy keep talking when he was about to point out that Hilary Clinton won the popular vote.

Next ask if Donald Trump is a felon, found guilty on 34 counts.

This is why Stalin said to kill all the lawyers

I get that Schiff needs to maintain a certain decorum, but at least one other Democratic senator (or other people in the room) should have been loudly snickering/laughing at this insanity - it's the only sane response.

They just can't say it outright.

Good HELL! How pathetic and mealy mouthed can it get? These are judicial material?? God have mercy for anyone approaching their bench! 🤬👹🤬

Well, at least he's consistent.

If just one of these people had enough pride to say the truth, then we could see the response, if any. If Trump then pulled the nomination, the this Kabuki would be laid bare. If he left the nomination untouched, then perhaps, other nominees would not feel the need to so embarrass themselves.

It's cultivated for the parts they are playing. It's hypnotic and void of emotion.

Oh, the usual way, cheating, bribery. You know, time-honured lawyer stuff.

Stop confirming election deniers.

no knots here tbh. they're very consistent. whatever route you take to certification doesn't matter. the result is all that matters. our modern concepts of democracy or legitimacy or power coming from the people don't matter either. their only regret from 1/6/2021 is they didn't succeed

My Senator is an inquisitor extraordinaire.

Nice!

Good job Senator. Proving their bona fides as shameless ass kissing, boot lickers! Spineless toadies sworn to lie and grift for Trump! Nice!

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Good job, Senator Schiff!! These Trump nominees are so clearly cultists.

Soooo the only person he said was a winner was trump if you listen to

Craven and pathetic little fucking fascist cowards.

Their dicks falling off? That sounds good.

Well that's a novel birth control idea🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

Some of them already said it. Word has gotten around and that's why no one is saying it anymore.

Necessary follow up is "why" to all of these. Why did Congress certify the winner? What was the factual basis to support such certification? Why did [Obama/Trump/Biden] take the oath? What was the factual substantiation for [Obama/Trump/Biden] taking the oath of office. Disqualifying if no answer

Judge Weasel, all.

Seems once they figured out that one name answer was going to be difficult to pull off when Trump won then they needed qualifiers

What we Americans are failing to grasp is that the GOP is actively treasonous. We have (or had) the most secure elections in the world. To question it without facts is to sow doubt in our democracy. Which should be treated as an act of treason in and of itself

Man it only took him like 10 hearings to finally pick up on this strategy, though his execution is still imprecise and leaves weasel-room.

Unfortunately he fumbled, he should have continued with the "so did X lose that election" for 2016 and 2020

1st question: Who won the 2020 presidential election? 2nd question: Who won the 2026 world cup?

Better just to start a few elections back and let the momentum build. I bet the guy knew 2020 would come in its time, but he couldn't see a way out of the trap.

No one is tied in knots, they were coached, they know the answers to Senator’s questions before they walked in.

They're changing their answers to cover all elections... smart move

I’m surprised anyone can speak with Trump’s balls down their throats 🙄

Fucking hell these people!

Finally! Been *begging* for someone to ask who won a different year than 2020.