A Congressman Just Called Public Hearings "a Freak Show"

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Source: Mother Jones

There is perhaps no one person more responsible for some of Congress’ most embarrassing public spectacles over the past three years than Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC)......

......But Sunday on “Face the Nation,” as if he had no control over such things, Gowdy seemed to agree with TV comics and Democrats alike when he said that public hearings are “a freak show” and “a circus”—and that doesn’t like to hold them.

Rep. @TGowdySC on the House hearings with Peter Strzok and Lisa Page: Well, our private hearing was much more constructive than the public hearing. Public hearings are a circus. That’s why I don’t like to do them. I mean, it’s a freak show. pic.twitter.com/WHXXEok0jZ

— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 15, 2018

Read more: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/a-congressman-just-called-public-hearings-a-freak-show/

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Typical republicon con job. Create the (crisis) freak show. Then claim that we shouldn't have public hearings. Yeah Gowdy, how much more anti-American can you get?

[Marthe48]

1. When he isn't confronted by

the truth, he likes them fine.
When they mirror his tunnel vision conspiracy theories, he'll call public hearings all day long.

He is such an ass-wipe freakazoid.

[AndJusticeForSome]

2. ...says the carnival Barker... n/t

[Dopers_Greed]

3. He only thinks it was a freak show because Strzok owned them.

[BHDem53]

4. He is the freak in the show.

[LakeArenal]

16. Beat me too it!!

[barbtries]

5. speaking of projection,

and touching on hypocrisy...

#RepublicansSuck but oh they shine at these don't they. i hope somebody laughed out loud when he said that.

[BigmanPigman]

7. If Need a Tanden were on the show

she would have laughed out loud. She always does and I love her for it.

[True Blue American]

6. Translation, Gowdy-

You lost, big time.

[pangaia]

8. OKAY. My email to "Congressman Goudy."

Congressman Goudy, if I may call you that. You recently tweeted - " Public hearings are a circus. That’s why I don’t like to do them. I mean, it’s a freak show."

Then WHY do you do them? WHY? You know god damn why; because you are an ignorant, ass-licking sick excuse for a human being. And YOU know it. THAT is what pains you the most. You KNOW it. YOU are the freak, you sniveling, lying coward.

Do I feel better now. eh...

Tonight I do a little door to door to hit up registered dems for support for our candidate for Congress.

[lastlib]

10. Thank you for the pavement-pounding work!!

We need a MILLION more like you doing that!! (I truly wish I could do it, and it pains me greatly that I cannot. So yours and that of those like you, mean a great deal to me!)

And thanks also for that e-mail, telling that POS what he is! Although you and I both know that it will go "in one ear and out the other" (because there is nothing in between to interfere...), at least you have the satisfaction of having used your voice to stand against what he represents. I want to stand with you on that.

[pangaia]

11. Thank you LastLib. Somehow I don't think you are really LAST.. :)

It is just a little what I do.

I hate it. It is not me. I'd rather play music and cook and travel a little. But if I don't do at least SOMETHING, I have no one to blame, eh.

We all do what we can. Even following and posting here creates something......

[Scruffy1]

19. Congressmen only "receive" email from constituents.

Or at least only answer to their contiuants. In reality no congressman sees his official email. Only the lowest of staff rea them or not.

[pangaia]

20. Really!!!! Oh ! If only I had known.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Notice they avoided mentioning Goodlatte's name

since he was the ringmaster, making up shit rules as he went along - which was basically what Rep. David Cicilline yelled out to Goodlatte when Goodlatte refused to carry out regular order and let the Democrats ask questions or let Strzok even finish an answer.

[TryLogic]

12. Gowdy is the number one freak.

[ouija]

13. This

Is what we are working with, the guy in a contest with McCarthy for worst sound bite of all time.

[bitterross]

14. He's got to start saying that in case we take the House

He's got to start laying the ground work for calling them unfair and unnecessary. That way, he'll be on record when he throws a fit if we take the House and start real investigations.

[Demit]

17. Trey Gowdy is not running for reelection.

[bitterross]

18. That doesn't mean he'll stop being a talking head on TV

He'll still be around to be on FOX and he'll be able to say "When I was in the house I called this sort of thing a 'freak show'" and that is exactly what he will do.

[YOHABLO]

15. And did he mention he was one of the lead actors in the freak show? No, I didn't think so.