A hearing for the ages – Digby's Hullabaloo

The US House held a “hearing” yesterday featuring “Democrat” RFK Jr. It was, as you might expect, a total shitshow.

Some highlights. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said he compared COVID policies to the Holocaust. He got very indignant, denying it:

PatriotTakes has also uncovered RFK Jr. suggesting doctors are inclined to become tyrannical, citing genocidal Nazi doctors. https://t.co/GTiY5vLeKb
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) July 20, 2023

He is a wack job. And so are his biggest fans — MAGA Republicans:

Jim Jordan shouts out his "good friend" Dennis Kucinich, who is sitting behind RFK Jr pic.twitter.com/QMn0gp1zcL
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 20, 2023

Plaskett: "I'm appalled and just so troubled by colleagues I have to work, that these are individuals who would bring a witness who promoted a video that compared the Covid vaccine to the Tuskegee trials." pic.twitter.com/QqiAJcoVeq
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 20, 2023

Chip Roy: "I'm grateful that we have the opportunity to have a polio vaccine, but … " pic.twitter.com/PJFq231ZmA
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 20, 2023

This says it all:

Connolly to RFK Jr: "You are here for cynical reasons to be used politically by that side of the aisle to embarrass the current president, and you're an enabler in that effort today. And it brings shame on a storied name that I revere." pic.twitter.com/ocKOUZ25SN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 20, 2023