D strategy:
Have R ask question, then Mule fact pretends he can’t hear the R question. Says:
1. not going to get into that
2. not to my knowledge
3. out of my purview
Notice how he peps up when the Ds are questioning him. He snaps out of his situational/selective “senility.”
I’ve been watching his eyes, when an R asks the right questions, they get pretty sharp.