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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
March 19, 2024

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Letter: Dems, take action instead of whining

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Since the Republican-led Congress decided to play political Kabuki theater soon after the swearing in of President Obama (see Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”) and has continued with reality shows such as the Benghazi and Planned Parenthood “hearings,” and since the GOP has continued to exhibit intransigence rather than governance, especially concerning the current Supreme Court vacancy, I have a modest proposal.

Senate Democrats are blocked by the Republican leadership from holding official meetings, so rent a hall near the Capitol building, replicate a congressional hearing room, invite the nominee to appear and have the Judiciary Committee hold a mock hearing on the nomination. When Republicans refuse to attend, replace them with professional actors, say Jerry Seinfeld as Charles Grassley, Christopher Walken as Orrin Hatch and the late Paul Lynde as Lindsey Graham. In true reality-TV style, Ted Cruz, as played by Martin Short as Ed Grimly, would ask about LGBT bathrooms in the Supreme Court building.

This event would force the media to actually look at a vital issue — the direction of the Supreme Court — rather than at Donald Trump’s tiny hands.

It’s time for Democrats to take action instead of whining.

And if you think this idea is absurd, watch faux “news” for an hour.

If Judge Merrick Garland feels it is inappropriate for him to attend a mock hearing, George Clooney would be a perfect substitute.

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