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Hope Hicks to testify next week before house Judiciary. MSNBC. (Original Post) shockey80 Jun 2019 OP
Literally, nothing to see here. Sneederbunk Jun 2019 #1
Behind closed doors TheDemsshouldhireme Jun 2019 #2
The purpose of these hearings is not "to get word out to the public" immediately and in real time StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #5
If your expecting her to say anything new TheDemsshouldhireme Jun 2019 #7
Then why should anyone be pissed if she's testifying off camera? StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #9
Yeah we saw how Jordan and Gaetz act when they have a television audience. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #8
Expect her to invoke the "Fifteenth Amendment" repeatedly........... Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2019 #3
House Dems are full of bluster and Eyeball_Kid Jun 2019 #4
They're not being wimps. They're conducting an investigation StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #6
2. Behind closed doors
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 04:59 PM
Jun 2019

That should really get the word out to the public of what happened----face palm. As someone who was alive during the Nixon hearings they were must watch for the entire country. This behind closed doors accomplishes nothing to educate the country on what took place and is basically useless. The media wont be in their either. This is a kabuki theater of trying to look like your doing something.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
5. The purpose of these hearings is not "to get word out to the public" immediately and in real time
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 05:32 PM
Jun 2019

It's to gather information. That's what they're doing.

But, that said, the information will be on the record and under oath and, I believe, pretty quickly released to the public, so if people really want to know what she has to say, they will know it.

In fact, that "kabuki theater" is more likely to happen if her testimony turns into a tv show, which it surely will if it's televised - what she's wearing, how her voice sounded, what's with her makeup, etc.

I'm much more interested in hearing what she has to say than in watching her say it.

Turin_C3PO

(13,991 posts)
8. Yeah we saw how Jordan and Gaetz act when they have a television audience.
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 06:14 PM
Jun 2019

Personally, I’d rather not give Republicans the chance to show off for the camera.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
4. House Dems are full of bluster and
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 05:21 PM
Jun 2019

indignation, but when it comes to acting as if THEY are in control and in charge, they wimp out. Will there be ANY principles who will testify in public? Why are the Dems always backing away from well-deserved confrontations? Hicks, McGahn, Mnuchin, and others all should be testifying IN PUBLIC. Hiding the interviews is exactly what Trumpy wants.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
6. They're not being wimps. They're conducting an investigation
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 05:38 PM
Jun 2019

And if getting the information they need to move forward means that the crowds don't get to watch the spectacle they demand, so be it.

If people are really interested in Congress getting to the bottom of this, they'll stop complaining that they can't be in the room to watch them do it at every second.

Hope Hicks is going to testify to them under oath and on the record. They're going to release the transcript to the public. This may be disappointing to people who see this as some form of entertainment, but it is what it is.

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