Can someone explain how the stunt was resolved today, for

[spooky3]

those of us who had to work and couldn’t check what happened? What did the Dems do to get rid of the thugs?

TIA!

[EarlG]

1. I think it just kinda petered out

They got all pretend outraged, stomped in there, stood around for a while, ordered some pizzas, then... left. And the deposition continued.

Not much of a power play

[Aristus]

2. Yeah, real commitment, huh?

[spooky3]

4. Oh, that is hysterical. Obviously, they planned to be hauled out

By the police and get lots of martyr photos. They didn’t have a Plan B when that didn’t happen.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. They waited them out, like a mom who waits for her toddler

to get over his tantrum when he realizes he isn't getting the attention he wanted. That was the smart thing to do, because those dipshits clearly *wanted* to get arrested and dragged away by Capitol police because this would be tasty red meat for the MAGAts. Arresting them might also have violated the Speech or Debate Clause in the Constitution, which says members of Congress can't be arrested while they are acting as members of Congress. I'm sure the Dems didn't want to be accused of that. But the important thing is that they just let them have their tantrum and eat their pizza, and finally they went away when they saw nothing was going to happen. Then the deposition was restarted and I think it's still in progress.

Of course Gaetz et al. violated the rules about cell phones in SCIPs, so we'll see what's done about that.

[spooky3]

5. Thanks, EarlG and TVO. Nt

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Sure looked like a set up from the get go.

And the Dems refused to take the bait. The fall out is going to be damn ugly for those of the Vanilla ISIS.

[ecstatic]

8. That is freaking hilarious! And sad. SMH! nt

[Hassler]

7. The frat boys ordered pizza while Schiff adjourned and left with the witness, I think

[budkin]

9. They left when their Cheez-Its and Pizza ran out

And then things proceded as intended.

[Mr. Ected]

10. In a parallel world, the doors were shut and the oxygen was cut off

Ah, but not in this world.

Dems won by not playing the game.