Not being present means you don’t have to answer questions.
Next ploy: Accuse Republicans of the Gotcha game.
Question the empty chairs on camera and mock the hell out of the cowards. Remind the audience before each question that you’d prefer a human was there to answer.
Shen send out the Sgt. at Arms to arrest every dem that does not show up, put them in the cellar jail cell until they talk and run an internet feed 24/7 of all of it. Including their animal in a cage confinement.