by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
A female member of the US House of Representatives is traditionally referred to by her male colleagues as the "gentle lady from such and such," just as her male counterpart is referred to as a "gentleman," but it is getting to the point where there is not a lot of "gentleness" being demonstrated by either gender in our nation's halls of power.
Yesterday two separate committees of Congress, Oversight and Accountability - and Judiciary, both met separately in public sessions to consider issuing a contempt citation to Hunter Biden, the President's son, for his failure to honor a subpoena and appear before those committees to be deposed in private regarding his business affairs. Hunter Biden has repeatedly offered to testify before the committees in public settings, but the GOP controlled committees are insistent that his testimony occurred in closed sessions which are beyond the public view.
(Biden and his lawyers contend that the GOP members are not honest brokers and prefer closed hearings so that they can misquote and selectively leak testimony to the right-wing media.)
The Oversight and Accountability Committee had not been in session long yesterday, and GOP Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina was speaking, when Hunter Biden and two of his attorneys entered the room and seated themselves among the spectators on the front row. Rep. Mace appeared to be incensed. She pounced with: "Who bribed Hunter Biden to be here today?" and then meandered off into some oddball claim that he was exerting "white privilege" by showing up at the hearing. Representative Mace, who is white herself, decried the presence of the visitor saying:
"You are the epitome of white privilege coming to the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls to come up here."
The the angry congresswoman added:
"I think Hunter Biden should be arrested right here, right now, and go straight to jail."
But Democratic Representative Jared Moskowitz, a member of the committee, didn't sit by and calmly and permit Mace's theatrical performance to go unchallenged. He suggested that since Hunter Biden was in the room it would be a good time to let him testify, while the cameras were rolling, a strategy that the secretive Republicans would not permit. Then, referencing Mace's comment regarding Hunter Biden's balls, Moskowitz said:
"So I'm listening to the gentle lady from South Carolina about the witness being afraid to come in front of the committee. That's interesting. He's here. He doesn't seem to be afraid. The only folks that are afraid to hear from the witness with the American people watching are my friends (the Republicans) on the other side of the aisle."
Later, as the circus rolled on and showboating GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia began using her allotted time to speak to the committee, Biden and his attorneys got up and walked out of the room - and much of the press followed, leading Greene to call him a "coward." That prompted Democratic Representative Robert Garcia of California to remind Greene that she had once shown "dick pics" of Hunter Biden to that same committee. Chaos reportedly was quick to engulf the room with members yelling over one another to gain attention.
MSNBC referred to the overall debacle as a "circus train derailment."
Both committees, Oversight and Accountability - and Judiciary, eventually passed measures calling on the full House to charge Hunter Biden with "Contempt of Congress" over his refusal to honor a congressional subpoena.
How dare he try to testify publicly, in front of every American voter and taxpayer, and not just the privileged few who sit in Congress.
Has he no balls?
Or have they no shame?
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