Shameful.
And what. kind of idiot votes for such idiots?!
Posted on 06/04/2026 7:25:26 AM PDT by Rummyfan
"Is this the Foreign Affairs Committee, or is this a circus?"
That quote from Secretary of State Marco Rubio pretty much sums up what happened on Wednesday morning when he testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the FY27 Department of State Budget Request.
In case you missed it, this is Rubio's second day of hearings on Capitol Hill, and what he's had to deal with so far today makes yesterday look tame. These Congress critters aren't serious people. On Tuesday, I joked that it's more like "Democrats, who were supposed to be asking questions, talked at Rubio and complained about everything Donald Trump does without giving the secretary a chance to respond."
(Here's Tuesday's recap if you missed it: Marco Rubio Went to Capitol Hill Today, and the Smackdown Was Brutal.)
Wednesday was more of that — this isn't even a hearing, Rubio said — but the "questioning" went beyond foreign policy, whether it was the lady criticizing the secretary's shoes or the guy playing video upon video of Donald Trump's so-called "cognitive decline."
I've never seen anything like it. Again, I'm just going to have to let the video clips speak for themselves because I don't even know how to explain it anymore than saying "Congress is a clown show."
Where to even start? Here's Rep. Bill Keating (D-Mass.) getting mad that Rubio didn't mention Ukraine in his opening remarks and talking to the secretary like he's a toddler. For what it's worth, Keating was one of the first to speak, and I guess this set the tone for the entire "circus." This is only a short clip, but there was a lot of yelling.
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Shameful.
And what. kind of idiot votes for such idiots?!
“Congress is a clown show.” I’m not surprised, most of them should be in an old folks home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L6KGuTr9TI&list=RD8L6KGuTr9TI&start_radio=1
Judy Collins, Send in the Clowns.
I watched it yesterday morning and Rubio flat out laughed at some of their stupid comments and he was chastised by them for laughing. It was a fun watch...lol
Members of Congress are not under oath when “asking questions” of witnesses at Congressional hearings.
$250,600/year is nowhere near enough money to put up with those bloviating imbeciles. Rubio deserves a medal (or several).
This honestly is a guy who looks like he could run for president in 2028 and do well. That's less a commentary on his policies than on his demeanor and mental sharpness.
He took one of our useless senatorettes to task the other day. Then again, making her look like a fool is a low bar. Rock on Marco!
It was truly a sad sideshow. When she left and he said thank you for coming, it looks like he mouths “f**k” just as he pushes the microphone away. These “hearings” are helpful in exposing just how stupid these “elected officials” are.
Best one was Secy Rubio mocking some dimwit Dem congresswoman who was screaming at him as she did a rage quit and stormed out the door
“Why is she leaving? I was going to answer her question. Well, thanks for coming.”
Priceless and brilliant. Marco Rubio is a national treasure.
Rubio was impressive to me back in 2016, but young. Now, he has grown through experience. Really grown. How often does that happen to people in public life? Not often enough!
Clowns to the left of me.
Jokers on the right.
Here I am, stuck in the middle.
Life imitates art.
Steelers Wheel
It’s hard to believe these ______ are in Congress.
If I recall correctly, Rep. Sarah Jacobs comes from Qualcomm money.
Rubio was great in those hearings. He took those Democrats apart.
In 2016 no candidates could get any coverage no matter how well spoken they were because Trump was running and Trump’s ability to trigger the press by saying edgy or even cringy stuff insured that the press in their TDS was almost entirely focused on Trump. He sucked all of the air out of the room.
In campaigning, Trump knew that winning is less about persuasion or debate than it is also about just keeping your competition from getting the attention of the press, and that even hateful press coverage or controversy is as good as good coverage or buying ads when it comes to promotion. It is like the bad acting, bragging, and crazy costuming of pro-wrestlers, the boldness works on masses of people when logically it shouldn’t, because sanity is just not as interesting to reporters as gossip, naughtiness, brawling, sex, etc. If you can’t give them bread and circuses, circuses will do.
Rubio was too boring, too normal for the press to cover compared to the irresistible, rewarding joy of trying to flame Trump. Carson had the same problem. Neither of them are showmen.
Nice quote from the late great Gerry Rafferty.
It also exposes how stupid the voters who picked them are.
Rubio just gets more impressive with every appearance.
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