Why do guys like this get confirmed anyway? Are all words meaningless?
US Government Official refuses to answer basic question
Submitted 2 days ago by Wurzl@lemmy.zip to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
http://cdn.imgchest.com/files/ec3af4275f1a.mp4
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thethrilloftime69@feddit.online 1 hour ago
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
If I answered a question like that in an interview for a job at McDonalds, I’d be laughed right the fuck out of the room. This should be instantly disqualifying, but in this admin, brazen dishonesty and cronyism is a must have.
dan1101@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That’s one of the most frustrating parts about all this, so few people are rational, so few people have standards or honor.
yakko@feddit.uk 1 day ago
It should be allowed to demand a duel if someone dissembles and refuses to answer questions in situations like this.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
In other administrations, too. The definition of truth belongs to the majority holder.
If the opposition to the GOP do not get a majority, and really a super-majority is what’s truly needed… If that doesn’t happen, there’s no salvation for the United States.
I’d argue that it’s been gone for a while, but I simply cannot give up yet.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For there to be a real path out of this they need to be willing to strike a stake into the heart of the republican vampire party:
- Fully reform the supreme court with sane people who will overturn citizens united
Additionally like 3 of the following:
- Commit to passing some real ass electoral reforms to enforce the 14th ammendment.
- Commit to reforming the way congressional districts are drawn or eliminate them entirely with proportional voting mandates
- Bring DC and Puerto Rico in as states. Threaten to offer cuba statehood and reparations if republicans invade it based on some kind of generational grudge held by rich casino owner’s grandparents.
- ensure the electoral college is handled on a proportional basis, if not eliminated entirely.
And then looking to the future:
- address the corruption stemming from the billionaire classes
- use billionaire money to directly pay reparations to people placed in camps by trump admin
- prosecute ice agents involved in murders.
- ensure all tech companies remotely linked to social media, search, surveillance or data collection are run as non profit utilities under laws similar to those we require for power companies.
Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 23 hours ago
Either way you’re fucked. Both parties want to continue burning fossil fuels and both parties are blatently beholden to Israel’s suicidal assault on the world.
victorz@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
The very fact that he is so rude and not forthright, is because he knows it doesn’t matter. This is all formality. His position has been filled, by himself.
themaninblack@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
It’s similar to a question that doctors will ask you in the emergency department: “who is the president?”
Alongside questions like what “year is it?”
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What a piece of shit.
schwim@piefed.zip 2 days ago
If he were an outlier, it would be something funny but the issue is rhe staggering number of the pieces of shit.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Yeah, if the members of congress had any principles none of them would have ever voted in any members who couldn’t answer basic questions in the cabinet positions.
This guy seems to think he’s Göring in the movie version of Nuremberg. No matter what he admits to, can’t say that Hitler was wrong, so he would do it again.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Well, it is the US.
danc4498@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Isn’t it humiliating to be unable to answer this basic question
His delivery really nails him.
yuki_gassen@lemmy.ml 22 hours ago
“I’m not gonna engage in the theater”
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Proceeds to make it more and more theatrical with every word
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
he prefers broadway dramas.
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chunes@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If it’s really a job interview then why didn’t the guy move on to the next candidate
BigBenis@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
Because half the hiring committee sees nothing wrong with this man’s behavior.
P1nkman@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
That means half the committee should be on the list.
urno@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Kind of annoying that they don’t ask them who won in 2024 or 2016 too. Or first. Or a really old one like Reagan.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, ‘16 and ‘24 aren’t really contested in Trump’s mind because Trump won those (maybe; lawsuits are pending, etc) but the ‘20 election is contentious for fascist fucks everywhere.
Piatro@programming.dev 2 days ago
Yeah but from an interviewing perspective it’s a win-win. Either the guy answers the question for those elections more clearly, showing that he only has a problem answering the one about 2020 and therefore clearly doing it because of the orange man, or he still refuses and he looks like he can’t answer simple questions.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 15 hours ago
because they know they cheated in 2020, and still lost, projection all around.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
He didn’t win the popular vote in 2016, which is hilarious.
betanumerus@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Disqualified.
Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 23 hours ago
Wishful thinking. Have you seen the Brett Kavanagh job interview lol?
Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
An autistic person could not be this much of a little bitch.
jdr@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Obstructing the government is my special interest
Reygle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 2 days ago
These people are disconnected from reality and need real psychological help. In the meantime, this behavior is not acceptable for anyone in any kind of official position. Hell, this amount of deflection wouldn’t even be acceptable if he were trying to be a fucking barista.
No offense at all meant to baristas. You have likely worked harder than this clown ever will.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 1 day ago
They’re not disconnected from reality. They are liars, cheaters, thieves, and crooks.
bleustenns@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I’d actually like to disagree that they’re disconnected from reality. This is about as realistic as things can get in politics… :(
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Mr. Ossoff is a beast - only in the best way!
victorz@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
I haven’t seen a more well-spoken, eloquent, and impactful speaker in years, dude. Where can I see this full video and more of him?
northernlights@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Love the questioning. I was hoping for a dismissive “ok we’ll call you back”.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Pathetic. My last shit had more integrity, and I have diarrhea.
killea@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This man should have been taken away in a straight jacket.
zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
For convenience: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9BYMPKDB3g&t=1h46m5s
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Post-truth Amerikkka
tristynalxander@mander.xyz 1 day ago
Well, I hope he didn’t get the job.
deacon@lemmy.world 1 day ago
He will
kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Dems only have to turn two Republicans + Sinema, seeing as Graham is dead and McConnell is incapacitated. I think it’s possible.
WanderWisley@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You would have gotten a better lie from a 5 year old who ate all the chocolate chip cookies.
jaykrown@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I could never do a job like that because I’d just tell the truth.
trainsrkool@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
“do you know how little that narrows it down?”
Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
No transcript/no subtitle = can’t watch this now.
victorz@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Alright? Save it for later. 👍
ollie@pawb.social 1 day ago
i feel like this could be a lot of headlines
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Yes, it should. The MAGA-style McCarthy hearings finally ended when one defendant hollered
“Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”
It resonated with both the government, and the American people, and it ended McCarthy’s power instantly.
I’m not sure it’s possible to stop MAGA in its tracks with one sentence, but statements like this, strong challenges that make EVERY newscast, go a long ways in giving struggling MAGAs a strong dose of second-hand cringe. The first step in converting them will be making them embarrassed to be associated with those MAGA losers, and a constant stream of clips like this will do that.
We need a lot more condescending “Bless your hearts” from Democrats, until the MAGAs feel like retards, and run away.
Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
This isn’t news. This happens literally all the time lol.
alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 21 minutes ago
I didn’t know that Jude Law was a senator.