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During
yesterday’s
Epstein
hearing,
Pam
Bondi
gave
the
nation
a
master
class
in
misleading
debate
tactics:
whataboutism
and
tu
quoque.
When
asked
a
hard-hitting
question
like
“Will
you
take
responsibility
for
breaking
the
law
by
sharing
the
names
of
Epstein
victims?”
she
responded
with
“Well,
what
about
Merrick
Garland?!”:
Just
so
we’re
clear
—
responding
to
“Why
didn’t
you
do
your
job?”
with
“Well,
the
guy
before
me
didn’t
either!”
doesn’t
even
fly
for
line
cooks.
It
definitely
shouldn’t
work
for
the
United
States
Attorney
General.
When
asked
why
she
was
protecting
a
class
of
rapacious
billionaires,
she
responded
by
praising
the
DOW
and
pulling
a
“no
u”
on
Jamie
Raskin’s
trading
finesse:
She
also
called
Raskin
a
“washed-up
loser
lawyer.”
Missed
opportunity
to
tell
her
that
she
stole
the
words
right
out
of
his
mouth.
Thankfully
Rep.
Balint
didn’t
miss
the
chance
to
get
a
biting
quip
in.
Take
note
of
the
“Did
that
just
happen?”
eye
roll
in
the
background:
Despite
the
dossier
that
should
have
prepared
her
to
attack
her
questioner’s
character
instead
of
answering
their
questions:
She,
unsurprisingly,
didn’t
do
enough
of
the
reading:
And
as
bad
as
it
was
for
the
American
public
to
get
a
temper
tantrum
instead
of
answers
on
why
America’s
Chapter
Black
Tapes
aren’t
being
investigated,
it’s
a
double
injury
for
the
survivors
who
had
to
sit
and
see
their
trauma
get
used
for
political
theater:
If
there
is
any
silver
lining
to
this,
she
was
caught
lying
under
oath
and
any
person
with
a
shred
of
moral
decency
would
do
the
right
thing
and
step
down:
Who
am
I
kidding?
She’s
gonna
keep
covering
for
Trump
until
it’s
decided
that
someone
has
to
be
found
in
the
wreckage.
We
can
take
some
solace
in
knowing
that
her
days
as
the
fall
guy
draw
near.
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.