{"id":2146947,"date":"2024-01-11T18:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T23:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-congress-is-a-car-filled-with-idiot-clowns\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T18:59:44","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T23:59:44","slug":"our-congress-is-a-car-filled-with-idiot-clowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-congress-is-a-car-filled-with-idiot-clowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress: A Circus Car of Foolish Clowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Four-congress-is-a-car-filled-with-idiot-clowns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2146947&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Congress: A \u200bWasteland\u2064 of\u2064 Ineffectiveness<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Congress\u2064 is a waste of space and time. It&#8217;s time for \u2062Congress \u200bto reclaim its \u200bauthority from the executive branch and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-start-acting-now-on-reparations-admin-supports-free-college-tuition-to-historically-black-colleges-wh-adviser\/\" title=\"Biden \u2018To Start Acting Now\u2019 On Reparations, Admin Supports Free College Tuition To Historically Black Colleges: WH Adviser\">start <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tech-expert-confirms-voting-machines-connected-to-internet-during-ga-senate-subcommittee-on-elections\/\" title=\"Tech expert confirms voting machines connected to internet during Ga. senate subcommittee on elections\">taking action<\/a><\/a>. But instead, they are more concerned with their on-camera appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yesterday, Hunter Biden made\u200b an appearance on Capitol \u2062Hill. The purpose\u2064 of\u2064 his \u2063presence \u2062was to show that Republicans were\u200c preventing him from testifying openly; they wanted him behind closed doors. \u200cInitially,\u2062 the committee gave him\u2064 the option to testify openly or privately, but\u200c then they changed their \u2063minds and wanted both. They\u2064 wanted him to testify behind closed doors <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in order to<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  testify \u200copenly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The truth is, it&#8217;s better to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-investigation-irs-whistleblower-x-to-reveal-identity-at-oversight-hearing\/\" title=\"IRS Whistleblower X will disclose their identity during the Oversight hearing on the Hunter Biden investigation.\">closed-door testimonies<\/a> to avoid grandstanding. \u2062But what did we \u200bwitness yesterday? Grandstanding from \u200cboth\u2063 sides instead \u200dof actual \u200clegislative work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nancy Mace took her \u200dturn, tearing into Hunter \u2064Biden. She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4400443-mace-spars-lawmakers-hunter-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">started off:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My first question is who bribed \u2064Hunter Biden\u200c to be here today? That\u2019s my first question.\u201d Then she continued: \u2062\u201cSecond question, you\u2064 are the \u200bepitome of white privilege. \u200bComing into the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls \u2064to\u2063 come \u2062up here. Mr. Chairman, I think that\u200b Hunter Biden should be arrested right here \u2064and \u200cright now\u200d and go straight \u2062to jail.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This kind \u200cof theatrics achieves absolutely nothing and \u200cis only \u2063used for fundraising emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1882-the-final-countdown-member-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: The Ben Shapiro Show<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Furthermore, Republicans should refrain from accusing people of benefiting \u2064from white privilege because Hunter Biden&#8217;s \u200breal privilege is<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  not \u200dhis\u2062 skin color<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u2062It&#8217;s the fact that he&#8217;s Joe Biden&#8217;s son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you bring \u2064up white privilege, you only give AOC and others the opportunity to grandstand. And that&#8217;s exactly what \u2064she did, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5xv7sIzTQ24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">responding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I\u2019m just going to \u200baddress briefly, quickly, that moment about privilege and all of \u2064this that we\u2019re \u200bseeing here. And it was a very beautiful speech by the\u200b gentlelady \u200dwho, as she mentioned, helped\u200c lead on the majority, \u200bthe now-majority, side on the Civil Rights and \u200bCivil Liberties Subcommittee. <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But I \u200dthink it\u2019s so exemplary of the point that\u2062 she also oversaw the elimination of Civil Rights Subcommittee \u2064on this committee, which really kind of gives the whole game away. \u2062We show up, we give \u200cspeeches, we give flowery words, but, at the end of the\u200b day, \u2062participate\u2063 in the structural erosion of the rights and representation of people that are marginalized: women, people of color, people that just need to see their \u200ddue process and civil liberties protected\u2064 in this country.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How is it possible that\u200d Congress \u200dkeeps getting worse every year?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then Hunter Biden \u200bstormed out of the room \u200cwhile Marjorie Taylor\u200b Greene <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5101297\/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-hunter-biden-coward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">yelled<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  at him: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Apparently \u2062you\u2019re afraid of my\u200c words.\u200c That\u2019s too bad. And I think it\u2019s \u2062clear and\u200c obvious for everyone\u200c watching this hearing today that Hunter Biden \u2063is\u200d terrified of strong conservative Republican women because he can\u2019t \u200beven face my words, as I was about to speak to him. What a coward.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, on the Left side of the aisle, \u2063Jared\u200c Moskowitz responded to the Hunter Biden debacle by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/moskowtiz-trolls-gop-with-huge-photo-of-trump-and-epstein-at-hearing\/vi-AA1mLuF0#details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">holding\u2062 up\u200b a photo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  of\u2062 Donald Trump \u2062and Jeffrey Epstein.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This\u2062 is the state of our Congress. A collection of clowns in a circus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE \u200bDAILY WIRE APP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All of \u200dthis demonstrates the irresponsibility of our political parties \u2063and the broken\u2062 congressional system. The polarization \u2063between parties prevents any\u2063 meaningful conversation \u200dfrom taking place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead,\u2062 politicians are more \u2064interested in leaving politics and making money \u2064elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Something needs \u200cto \u2063be done to\u200d fix this disaster\u200c of a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-extends-latest-california-mask-mandate-for-extra-month\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom Extends Latest California Mask Mandate for Extra Month\">legislative system<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> In what ways does the \u200carticle question \u2063the effectiveness of Congress and the erosion of rights and representation for marginalized\u200b groups<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2064 This is a formal article criticizing the\u2063 effectiveness of Congress and highlighting a recent incident involving Hunter Biden&#8217;s appearance on Capitol Hill. The article argues that Congress should focus on reclaiming its authority from the executive branch and \u2062taking action instead \u2063of being concerned with\u2064 grandstanding and theatrics. It also criticizes the use of accusations of white privilege and suggests they only serve to create opportunities for further grandstanding. The article\u200b concludes by questioning the effectiveness of \u200dCongress and the erosion of rights and representation for marginalized groups. <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Congress: A Wasteland\u2064 of\u2064 Ineffectiveness<\/p>\n<p>Congress\u2064 is a \u200cwaste \u200bof space and time. It&#8217;s \u2064time for \u2062Congress \u200bto reclaim its \u200bauthority from the executive branch and start taking action. But instead, they are more concerned with their on-camera appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Hunter Biden \u2062made\u200b an appearance on Capitol \u2062Hill. The purpose\u2064 of\u2064\u2062 his \u2063presence \u2062was to show that Republicans were\u200c\u2063 preventing him from testifying openly; they wanted him behind closed doors. \u200cInitially,\u2062 the committee gave him\u2064 the \u2064option to testify openly or privately, but\u200c then they changed their\u2064 \u2063minds and wanted both. They\u2064 wanted him to testify behind closed doors in \u200dorder to testify\u2062 \u200copenly.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is,\u2063 it&#8217;s better to have closed-door testimonies to\u2064 avoid grandstanding. \u2062But what did we \u200bwitness yesterday? Grandstanding from \u200cboth\u2063 sides instead \u200dof actual \u200clegislative \u200bwork.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Mace \u200ctook her \u200dturn, tearing into Hunter \u2064Biden. She started off: &#8220;My first question is who bribed \u2064Hunter Biden\u200c to be here today? That\u2019s my first question.\u201d\u2062 Then \u2064she continued: \u2062\u201cSecond question,\u200c you\u2064 are the \u200bepitome of white privilege. \u200bComing into the Oversight Committee, spitting \u2064in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to\u200c be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls \u2064to\u2063 come \u2062up\u2063 here. Mr. Chairman, I think that\u200b Hunter Biden\u2062 should be arrested right here \u2064and\u2064 \u200cright now\u200d and go straight\u2062 \u2062to jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This kind \u200cof theatrics achieves absolutely nothing and \u200cis only\u2062 \u2063used for fundraising emails.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Republicans should refrain from \u2062accusing people of benefiting \u2064from white privilege because Hunter Biden&#8217;s \u200breal privilege\u2064 is not \u200dhis\u2062 skin color. \u2062It&#8217;s the fact that he&#8217;s Joe\u2063 Biden&#8217;s son.<\/p>\n<p>When you bring \u2064up white privilege, you only give AOC and others the opportunity to grandstand. And that&#8217;s exactly what \u2064she did, responding: &#8220;I\u2019m just going\u2063 to \u200baddress briefly, quickly,\u200b that moment about privilege and all of \u2064this that we\u2019re \u200bseeing here. And it was a\u200c very beautiful speech by the\u200b gentlelady \u200dwho, \u2064as she mentioned, helped\u200c lead on the majority, \u200bthe now-majority, side on the Civil \u2063Rights and \u200bCivil Liberties Subcommittee.\u200d But I \u2062\u200dthink it\u2019s so exemplary of the\u2062 point that\u2062 she\u2063 also oversaw the elimination of Civil \u2063Rights Subcommittee \u2064on this\u200b committee, which really kind of \u200dgives the whole game\u200d away. \u2062We show up, we \u200cgive \u200cspeeches, we give flowery words, but,\u200d at the end of the\u200b day, \u2062participate\u2063 in the structural erosion of the rights and representation of people that are marginalized: women, people of color, people that just\u2064 need to see their \u2063\u200ddue process and civil liberties protected\u2064 in this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>How is it possible that\u200d Congress \u200dkeeps getting caught up in these theatrics rather than focusing on meaningful legislative work? The incident with Hunter Biden only demonstrates \u200chow ineffective and detached\u200b from reality Congress has become. Instead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-lt-gov-janice-mcgeachin-uses-rare-opportunity-to-ban-mask-mandates\/\" title=\"Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin Uses Rare Opportunity To Ban Mask Mandates\">addressing important issues<\/a> and working towards practical solutions, they\u2064 engage in grandstanding and personal attacks.\u2064 This kind of behavior achieves nothing and only serves to further\u200c undermine the public&#8217;s trust in our \u2063elected representatives.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for Congress to take their responsibilities seriously and start delivering on the\u2062 promises \u2064they make to the\u200d American people. We need decisive action, not empty rhetoric and political theater. Congress must prioritize\u2063 the needs and concerns of the nation\u200d and work towards effective solutions that benefit\u200b all citizens. It&#8217;s time for Congress to step up and move beyond the wasteland of ineffectiveness that it has become.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress should be reclaiming its authority from the executive branch and prioritizing important tasks. However, they seem more interested in seeking media attention than addressing crucial issues. Recently, Hunter Biden&#8217;s appearance on the Hill exemplified this misplaced focus. It is high time for Congress to refocus on their responsibilities and make meaningful contributions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":2146948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2146947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2146948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}