Cummings will try to make the whole thing a complete circus.
Duckworth is there so Dems can play the Victims Meme, so Dems Media allies can scream, “THOSE MEANY REPUBLICANS ATTACKED A HANDICAPPED VETEREAN!!!”
This is all designed to divert TV coverage away from the actual truth, to a “politics as Usual meme that can be ignored.
This is completely transparent...
I have little doubt you’re right. At the same time I think Gowdy will maintain control and the other six Republicans are well qualified to be there, moreso than the Dem bunch.