Okay, I'm just going to go ahead and say it

[Grim Chieftain]

The behavior we saw today out of Pam Bondi is not normal. She yelled, lied, accused people of a variety of things without any basis of proof, and deflected verifiable facts concerning Trump and numerous members of his administration. She shouted over elected officials who were trying to speak and dismissed questions she did not want to address.
To say she was unhinged is putting it mildly.

She had no sense of tact, decorum or professional demeanor. Logic, reason and ethics were absent in her performance. It is disturbing and alarming that someone with such inability to conduct herself in a professional, reasonable, controlled manner should be in a position of authority.

It was frankly chilling. This should be of concern to all of us.

[Brother Buzz]

1. She had no sense of tact, decorum or professional demeanor. In other words:

The perfect marmalade shartcannon stooge

[Prairie_Seagull]

8. Marmalade shartcannon stooge

Fantassstic. haha

[tulipsandroses]

9. Isn't that a job requirement?

The problem is not Bondi. Its America. The people that saw this obnoxious behavior from trump and company and thought, yes, they should hold power. AND even when out of power, they will go on to high powered jobs out of government. The companies that will hire them won't give a damn. Americans will just go about their day instead of making companies associated with these folks understand that they don't get to profit when they hire people that abuse their power.

[chouchou]

67. Your words are true. Very good point.

[Amaryllis]

68. It's Not America. It is a SEGMENT of Americal There are millions of us in the American resistance working very hard to

counter the fascists and our numbers are growing. I highly recommend checking out INdivisible. There are groups alll over the country working for democracy. THere are two things that will turn the tide: Community and Action.
Every month at my Indivisible meeting new people are showing up and they are looking for ways to get active.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

2. She needs a psych eval!

Something truly wrong upstairs.

[GoCubsGo]

17. She's obviously a sociopatth.

Don't really need a psych evaluation to tell us that. But, yes. She's no doubt sick in the head, to put it mildly.

[mdbl]

38. A requirement to serve in Dump's cabinet.

[eppur_se_muova]

89. Obviously under the control of her "Svengali". Totally brainwashed.

https://longreads.com/2017/02/16/the-novel-that-gave-us-svengali/

[yellow dahlia]

20. I'll say!

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

25. Yep

[Attilatheblond]

48. Seemed scared nearly to death at prospect of DEMs speaking.

Must be on really thin ice with Trump. Likely she has a lot of dirty deeds to hide from her time in FL state government. Probably knows if she fails in defending Trump, she will be on the chopping block and possibly outed for a whole lotta bad back room deals.

Only person who probably enjoyed today's screech-a-thon was Kristi Noem because the Banshee Bondi took some media heat off her and her brown shirts.

Bondi calling Raskin a washed up lawyer was projection on the most revealing scale. He's should send her that bit of video when she is cooling her heels in a federal prison soon.

[usonian]

3. It simply can't be normalized, as the media do for her "Daddy"

Any who do should be humiliated.
With the "debt penalty"

[harumph]

4. It's not just her either.

The bus driver is a maniac and we're chained to the seats.

[global1]

5. It Was Very Annoying That Bondi Would Be Paging Thru The Binders In Front Of Her vs.........

paying attention to the question being asked of her. Whenever she didn't want to answer or couldn't answer a question - she would pour thru the pages of these binders to come up with some smart aleck retort to put down or shout down the questioner.

Where does Tr**p come up with these women? Noem; Bondi, Gabbard and why do these women worship the ground that he walks on?

Somebody needs to shut her up!!!

[yellow dahlia]

21. Rifling through the binders...AND licking her fingers. Ewww!

[Codifer]

29. To save my head

I had muted the TV but whenever I glanced at the screen it was easy for me to tell a republican was kissing her ass with glowing praise for her. For them she is all attentive and ass-wiggly and smiling. She saves the impertinent "I am too fucking important to listen to you" paper shuffling act for democrats. She is a terrible actress.

Trump found her in the same dark recess of hell where
Hitler found Ilsa Koch.

Evil in a blouse (tastefully with two buttons undone).

[NEOH]

44. And Wearing a Gold Cross

It would be more fitting if she wore it upside down…

[vapor2]

82. Leavitt wears one too so does this mean they commit no sins?

Hypocrites ......who won't get into heaven

[Attilatheblond]

50. Guessing blackmail isn't just for the bad boyz Trump knows

There seems to be some pretty sketchy females in the cabinet. Easy to keep them fighting for trump if they know they crash and burn with him.

[Mira]

62. I was annoyed to the core - and kept thinking of physical restraints or muzzles

As you observed, the disrespect extended to Democratic questioners was what enraged me without end. Once called on for their turn they were immediately not afforded the dignity of their office. She showed purposeful disdain by making it obvious she was not listening. Through the ongoing flipping through her papers she underscored it, as well as evidencing her lack of breeding. It made me think of a whip. I don't like admitting that.

[yaesu]

6. Reminds me of the Nazi judge in charge of the Hitler attempted assassination trials or

Ilsa, the she wolf of the SS

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. "That's not a bug; that's a feature." NT

[erronis]

13. Exactly. That was in her script. And she's a natural.

Reminds me of one of my children when they were 13. (And she stayed that way until she was a mother with her own snotty children.)

[Nittersing]

10. Your second paragraph pretty much describes this entire administration.

The fact that the entire GOP is onboard as well as many citizens...

Yes. Chilling and concerning.

[sop]

11. Trump and his henchmen...

[yellow dahlia]

22. The worst people!

Not the best people, but the opposite of that. Match the job up to the person least qualified to hold the position - antithetical to the required experience and skills.

It is a slap in the face of the American people. It's on purpose.

[Codifer]

33. But.

Wouldn't they make great cell mates? All those disturbed egos in the same cell would make great TV.

Well, for a day or two anyway.

[yellow dahlia]

39. A new reality tv show?

Survivor meets Real World meets Jail.

[Totally Tunsie]

71. The Real Housemates of Sing Sing.

[johnnyfins]

32. Take a good look at that pic

They are ALL ghouls. Seriously.

[CTyankee]

12. Well, consider the company she keeps....and who she works for.

[dutch777]

14. Not sure what the surprise is with the Trump crowd. Question is can anything be done about it or is it ...

...just the new normal for the next three years? Other than contempt of Congress I am unaware of any meaningful penalty. And given that complaint would be referred to DOJ seems unlikely there would be much done if anything. Even a perjury charge would go the same way. I suppose impeachment but that will have to wait until 2027 and unless we get 60 seats in the Senate that is basically just a performative exercise.

[Blue Full Moon]

15. She is tRump's Maxwell.

She has no children. What happens to children is no concern to her. She has no love in her.

[Arazi]

16. Her contemptuous attitude and berating of MOC was a deliberate strategy

It worked for her. She managed to contain the Epstein fallout. Mission accomplished as far as the GOP is concerned.

The hearing was a total loss and she got out without any discernible scratches.

Dems need a different approach. This was a total repeat of Bondi’s last appearance and obviously they didn’t learn a single thing on managing her shit

[Cheezoholic]

18. What you saw was what real entitlement looks like from someone who thinks entitlements are the problem

All of this gang believe they are entitled to everything and the rest of us are unworthy. It is arrogance on a Roman Medieval level. The rest of us should be happy they let us live and walk in streets full of chamber pot waste whilst they enjoy the wealth and riches ripped from our backs. When we ask for even the most basic of human rights we are told to STFU.

[yellow dahlia]

19. We should expect that the Attorney General should be of high caliber, or at least professional.

Maybe they aren't always the creme de la creme, but at least they tend to fake it, or at least behave.

[lastlib]

23. "Logic, reason and ethics were absent..."

They are absent from her LIFE. She only knows anger and hatred.

[Scott Alan Swaggerty]

24. Indeed

Her behavior was almost as bad as the job market.

[canetoad]

26. Hitler's 'Screaming Judge'

There's always an analogue in the Nazis.

Karl Roland Freisler (30 October 1893 – 3 February 1945) was a German jurist, judge, and politician who served as the State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of Justice from 1935 to 1942 and as president of the People's Court from 1942 to 1945. As a prominent ideologist of Nazism, he influenced as a jurist the Nazification of the German legal system. He was appointed president of the People's Court in 1942, overseeing the prosecution of political crimes as a judge. Freisler became known for his aggressive personality, his humiliation of defendants, and his frequent use of the death penalty in sentencing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Freisler

[peggysue2]

27. I agree with you, Grim Chieftain

That was an absolutely disgraceful and unprofessional performance which in itself underscores who Bondi's audience truly was: The Grifter-in-Chief.

Bondi has the title of Attorney General but it's all performance to project the reality Trump demands and to protect the throne from all accusation and criticism. The AG wasn't even capable of turning and facing the victims in the room because they are actually obstacles to her real objective--expressing the same disdain and dismissal her Boss has voiced and deflecting attention to other matters.

The stock market went over 50,000, for instance.

Wut? This is taking Trump's infamous weave to brand new heights.

Good news? The theatrics did not work. Bondi simply humiliated herself. Bad news? She utterly disgraced the Department of Justice on live TV.

[catchnrelease]

76. I'm glad you mentioned the victims

I wanted to point out how bondi was so contemptuous of and rude to the victims when they were asked to stand, and if they would still like to speak to the DOJ. She never bothered to turn around and acknowledge them, answer other than to say something like 'call the hotline', etc. She's a total trump stooge/puppet with no idea of what she's doing other than what she's told to do. All of her antics today were outrageous but her treatment of the women standing behind her was inexcusable.

[walkingman]

28. She needs to be fired or impeached.

[UpInArms]

30. Key note:

Audience of one

[Skittles]

31. TRY TO IMAGINE

behaving like that in ANY other job and not being terminated

[Fiendish Thingy]

34. She knows she's going to be impeached a year from now. Nt

[everyonematters]

35. The end justifies the means. That's what this is all about.

The reason for her existence in the administration, is Trump's immigration policy. Everything justifies the accomplishment of deporting thousands of people, the lies, the coverups, the abuses, the killings. It even means embarrassing herself in front of congress. She knows she can't defend the actions of her, the DOJ, and Trump, so she turns it into a clown show. The end justifies the means.

[D_Master81]

36. Sounds like a Trump appointee

Your 2nd paragraph sums up the perfect Trump appointee to me. No tact or sense of decorum no professionalism, logic or reason.

[Srkdqltr]

37. Trumps people are having a celebration tonight.

[mahina]

40. Toxic brat with power, twisted morals and no shame

Teaching a new generation of people to be their worst.

Ugh.

[Ford_Prefect]

41. Bondi has no choice but to knowingly lie and disparage the testimony of the eyewitnesses.

She exists because he put her there and she has No Exit from that position which doesn't put her in legal jeopardy many times over.

[Buddyzbuddy]

42. The drama is purposeful. That's what everybody will talk about.

Not the substance or legitimacy of the questions or her reluctance to answer them.
The show must go on, as it does. She is playing to the public and the Felon. MAGA loves this Administration's disdain for Congress so she scores points. As a fringe benefit, she leaves the left feeling frustrated by not accomplishing anything of any substance. It's essentially a dog and pony show because there are no repercussions.
That should change next January if November goes as hoped.

She and they will continue but there should be repercussions, hopefully.

[jmbar2]

52. Bingo!

Every outburst was deliberate and planned. She came with written oppo on each democratic questioner, and had "Whatabouts" planned as responses for to questions.

It was purely theater to derail the hearing. She is extremely skilled and practiced at it, and it is so bizarre, no one quite knows what to do with it.

Moskowitz came closest to recognizing it, being prepared, and catching her offguard with his comment about her oppo folders and his Olympic "scorecard".

[MorbidButterflyTat]

58. Of course it was a show

What repercussions were you expecting? A Perry Mason type weeping confession complete with pleas for forgiveness?

She came across as the corrupt defense attorney for Piggy. And everybody knows it, whether they admit it or not.

[Mme. Defarge]

43. Have you no sense of decency

Madam?

[Grim Chieftain]

47. I thought the same thing

Echoes of history.

[RecoveringJournalist]

45. When Dems Win

This needs to be forced to stop when Dems take congress back. When they win they need to go NUCLEAR. Impeach Trump, Vance and the entire cabinet. Force Musk to testify. And the punishments need to be HUGE AND ENFORCED. Anything less than this is unacceptable!

[ariadne0614]

46. Is it too much to expect someone to remind her she is a public servant?

Where does she think the funds for her paycheck come from?

[Joinfortmill]

49. Evilness and incompetence abounds in this Administration

[LetMyPeopleVote]

51. Bondi was performing for an audience of one asshole

Bondi was being an asshole because trump wants her to be an asshole

[MorbidButterflyTat]

53. Nothing new under the sun

I remember a former Attorney General flipping off Congress while "testifying."

.





I bet he thought he was so sly.

Criminals in power are always cause for concern.

[Wounded Bear]

54. Unfortunately, that is pretty much "normal" for the trump cabinet...nt

[MW67]

55. If you think she's bad

Check out her boss , The President, you know the one who gives her marching orders, he's a totally classless delusional fruit loop, the same one he's always been and they elected him twice!! That's what scares me, Bondi should face accountability in the future, maybe in a big way but her boss never will

[slightlv]

56. Not only should it be a concern for all of us...

but it reflects horribly on our gender, especially at a time when we're fighting to retain the rights and privileges we've worked decades to achieve.

When we see daily that the emotions and actions of prominent men cannot be controlled... by them or by their party leaders... we have so much evidence of women doing the same jobs with successful professionalism and authority. Then, to be subjected to outbursts like what comes out of Bondi, it's demeaning to the rest of us women.

Beyond that, who in the world could trust anything that comes out of her? She lies, she pontificates, and she has to dress "just so" for every photoshoot that she can capture - which happens to be anytime she thinks a event is "of importance."

She is absolutely the worst symbol of female leadership... and just one of many, both male and female, we have in this administration. I am so appalled.

[underpants]

57. She knew what was coming so she attacked.

It pleases the audience of one she performs for.

[dem4decades]

59. The last professional display by a lawyer ever, think of that.

[WmChris]

60. Just typical

A normal member of the orange ass kissers society. They are arrogantly ignorant and damn proud of it. If you're somewhat normal and don't buy their bullshit you have trump derangement syndrome as she yelled out in the hearing like one of the 8th grade mean girl click which she probably belonged to and apparently never matured out of

[AverageOldGuy]

61. "not normal"? Well . . .

. . . if one is a NORMAL person, then, no, her behavior was wildly abnormal, vile, far below the dignity of a US Attorney General.

However, if one is Trump or a Trump lackey, then, this is perfectly normal. Worse, Trump expects this behavior.

[LymphocyteLover]

63. she's like a mini-trump, but female and younger... but same obnoxious combativeness, endless whataboutisms

[Harker]

64. "...lifeless eyes, black eyes... like a doll's eyes."

[BattleRow]

73. Zombie eyes...bottomless pit eyes...

soulless...

[calimary]

80. And totally cold and calculating.

[CommonHumanity]

65. She's a BULLY

Just like her sicko nihilist boss

[Pisces]

66. This entire administration is unqualified to run the government much less represent us. They have shown

incompetence at every level. She should resign after this performance, but the truth is Trump is patting her on the back right now. It is sad and disgusting how all norms and professionalism have been thrown out the window. We may also have a KGB agent (Tulsi) in the administration. What a disgrace to our country!!!

[orangecrush]

69. Pretty much sums it up.

[Beringia]

70. Here is an actual grim chieftain

[Grim Chieftain]

72. Yikes!

Full disclosure here, my husband set up my DU account and gave me the Grim Chieftain screen name. Not my choice, but it is what it is.

[The Blue Flower]

74. Sheer disdain and disrespect--a bratty 14 year old

She disrespects us all when she's so rude to our congressional representatives. Doesn't give a f*** about the job or the country. Why is she still employed?

[indusurb]

75. This is the MAGAt way

When you don't have the moral high ground, when you can't win an argument with facts, you shout and scream and make a scene, trying to drown others out. You see this on Fox, Newsmax, in the WH press room, on hate radio. It is the MAGAt way

[UpInArms]

77. My dear Grim Chieftain

We are living through a 10 alarm fire situation

She is just a smalltzy piece of lying shit

Everyone has her number… her “pretty” package will not save her

Justice is coming

[aggiesal]

78. She showed up with Opposition Research. She knew exactly what to say to each Rep. there, especially the (D)"s ...

One Rep. called her out about her "OppoRes".

This is the second time I've seen her in front of a congressional committee, and she's done the same thing twice.
She was never planning on answer any significant question, she was there to poke the bear with her OppoRes.

[cbabe]

79. Jasmine Crockett did well. Refused to ask

questions but listed all the facts and crimes.

[CousinIT]

81. The Attorney General of Donald Trump is...

... a snarling, rabid, bitch. As she was trained to be.

[bobalew]

83. I agree.

All their behaviors Smack of drug addiction. Specifically the delusional rantings & actions associated with methamphetamines. I think that tightly aligns with their behavior patterns. It's just a thought...

[zok21]

84. Karen

She's out of control.

[Grim Chieftain]

85. Welcome to DU!

[Ilsa]

86. She seems very emotionally damaged to be

acting this way. especially if it's only for Krasnov.

Or brain damaged.

[dooner]

87. Jasmine Crockett had the right idea..

Jasmine Crockett (Dem, Tx) didn't waste time asking Pam any questions. She spent her time time ripping on Pam for being an incompetent, law-breaking boot-licker. This seemed like a smart approach given that for hours Pam hadn't answered any questions from Dems, instead she just snarled out an immature and snarky refusal to accept the question.

[quakerboy]

88. Bullies dont behave when they dont have to

I hear she was perfectly nice to most of the republicans. She CAN act in a professional manner. She just felt no need to do so.

Which is, in my opinion, far more chilling in its implications than incompetence or unhingedness would be.