Posted on 03/20/2024 12:54:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
During Wednesday's House Oversight Committee hearing on "Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office," witness Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden was bombarded with questions by Democratic witnesses. Even before that, he had been interrupted by Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD) in his opening statements, after Bobulinski called him out for lying.
Bobulinski faced another interruption from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), despite how the congresswoman asked the witness a direct question. As she ranted against the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden from House Republicans, AOC asked Bobulinski what crimes he had seen Biden commit. "Is it your testimony today that you personally witnessed Joe Biden commit a crime," the congresswoman demanded to know.
When he answered "yes," AOC asked for specifics, only to refuse to allow Bobulinski to continue when he gave an answer she did not like. Bobulinski mentioned "corruption statutes, RICO, conspiracy, FARA..." but AOC talked over him, demanding to know "what is the crime, sir, specifically?"
In the heated exchange, Bobulinski pointed out "you asked me to answer the question, I answered the question, RICO, you're obviously not familiar with, corruption statutes" leading to the Squad member becoming even more outraged.
"Excuse me, sir? Excuse me, sir, RICO, is not a crime, it is a category," she said, wildly gesturing and dramatically emphasizing her words. "What is the crime," she shouted at Bobulinski once more.
As they spoke over each other, Bobulinski tried to explain that "it's a category of crimes that you're then charged under," before he was finally able to get clarity from AOC that she was trying to get him to name "the exact statute under RICO." When he tried to answer her question, the congresswoman snapped at him that "I reclaim my time," refusing to let Bobulinski answer the question she had asked of him.
Moments later in the hearing, soon to be former Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) used her time for questions in part to cheer on her colleague, claiming if impeachment "was on life support, [AOC] just killed it."
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she’s the best... she’ll be vice president soon.
-PJ
Did he ever come up with any spe ifi s?
Democrats in Congress are just disgusting. When the founders put into the constitution that congressman could not be prosecuted for anything they said or did while in session or Traveling to or from a session, they never dreamed that congressman would simply lie at will and repeatedly.
Rather than trying to pass laws that make the USA better for its citizens, Dem congress critters and their staffs seem to spend their time creating gotcha questions for Republicans
They absolutely refuse to co-operate, immediately adopt an attitude of being totally in the right, question everything the police say, and are entirely lacking in even only basic logic:
"The light isn't red now!"
"You can't arrest me if you don't know my name! Say my name!"
"I suppose you and your 'cop buddies' are going to rape me now!"
"I wasn't driving my car while drunk; I was just transporting my vehicle from one side of the town to the other!"
Regards,
What he should have said was that determination is up to prosecutors. And up to AOC to vote to do the right thing so the country can determine if crimes were committed. Just like they’re doing to Trump.
Imagine aoc sitting beside John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton. The level of stupid has sunk almost to the bottom. If there is a bottom.
Bobulinski should have closed with, “Is all this because you want to date me?”
AOC is DESPERATELTY trying to be the congresscritter than blows the lid off of...well, anything. Her problem is that she simply isn’t bright enough to be Woodward and Bernstein with a gavel.
If she gets trapped, she was one of the following reactions:
1) Yell
2) Give a speech only tangential to the issue at hand
3) Cry
4) Start dancing like a waitress
5) Get peoples’ drink orders wrong.
She HAS gotten faster at knowing that she’s been caught, but is simply mentally unable to stop getting trapped. So the AOC righteous indignation show shows no signs of ending, and you can expect her to keep talking over, shouting down, attacking and generally being a pest to all manner of witnesses before congress.
All of this and she still expects a three dollar tip on a four dollar beer.
Or, “I suppose a blow job is completely out of the question.”
Or, “If someone would teach you how to make biscuits, you wouldn’t have to do this for a living.”
This is a true idiot.
What’s with her head bob back and forth dance while she is screaming?
Reverse projection?
Man, listening to some of those squad members was painful. Plus some of their dem male cohorts seemed even more radical than the squad members
I’d hate to have to sit there & listen to that BS every day
When he answered “yes,” AOC asked for specifics, only to refuse to allow Bobulinski to continue.
Ever notice the ear wax on democrats finger tips when facts are released.
If they shut you down with “reclaiming my time”, walk out. Enough of their crap.
I didn’t know that the Rats believed Bobulinski to be the judge, jury and prosecutor...
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