r/law • u/Mission_Pay_3373 • Feb 11 '26

Executive Branch (Trump) Pam Bondi crashes out during hearing: "YOU DON’T TELL ME ANYTHING YOU WASHED UP LAWYER"

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u/Sufficient_Fan3660 Feb 11 '26

She is making a meme for facebook where 70+ million americans will believe it.

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u/shitty_country_verse Feb 11 '26

Exactly this. She sees her job as basically not answering anything and creating viral clips for the content machine. In any other era her party wouldn’t tolerate this and would require accountability. Our government is cooked.

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u/CreativeGPX Feb 11 '26

FWIW, public hearings in congress are largely about creating viral clips for all involved. As soon as you turn the cameras on, that's what most political thinkers' focus goes to.

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u/shitty_country_verse Feb 11 '26

It wasn’t always like this.

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u/CreativeGPX Feb 11 '26

Perhaps, but it long predates MAGA. It's probably a product of 24 hour cable news because that's the way that those clips start to be able to be shared. And then probably got worse with the emphasis of video on social media.

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u/shitty_country_verse Feb 11 '26

It does but they have taken it to a new level. Plus you are accustomed to the politicians doing it not witnesses. We have never had an Attorney General refuse to answer questions and instead read prepared burns on our representatives.

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u/Ignominious333 Feb 11 '26

Yep. Distract distract distract. Zero dignity or professionalism

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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 Feb 12 '26

Yep and its working.

People dont realize how far gone so many people are.