{"id":2610573,"date":"2026-06-04T10:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arent-running-hearings-theyre-filming-tiktoks-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T14:19:37","slug":"democrats-arent-running-hearings-theyre-filming-tiktoks-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-arent-running-hearings-theyre-filming-tiktoks-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats aren&#8217;t running hearings \u2014 they&#8217;re filming TikToks: Joe Concha"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fdemocrats-arent-running-hearings-theyre-filming-tiktoks-joe-concha%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=2610573&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--><p>Joe Concha, a Washington Examiner columnist, criticized Democrats for choosing confrontational, attention-grabbing political theater over solving policy problems. On Fox &#038; Friends First, he argued that Democratic leaders at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">heated<\/a> House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing instead tried to generate viral clips-such as sarah Jacobs\u2019 clash with secretary of State Marco Rubio over Rubio\u2019s remarks on President Trump and the Iran war-rather than pursuing the substance of the issues.Concha also claimed these moments are often driven by fundraising goals, pointing to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-blackout-news-orgs-ignore-bidens-norm-defying-call-with-afghan-president\/\" title=\"MEDIA BLACKOUT: News Orgs Ignore Biden\u2019s Norm-Defying Call With Afghan President\">similar incident involving<\/a> another outburst at a Homeland Security hearing. He further lamented that Democrats focused on arguing during hearings while overshadowing major news, including Markwayne Mullin\u2019s proclamation that a primary border wall project will be completed by June 2027, which Concha said deserves more coverage than the \u201cclips\u201d and spectacle.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> slammed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a> for spending more time bashing <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\">Republicans<\/a> than working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-of-state-blinken-says-biden-wants-to-restore-failed-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"Secy. of ... Blinken says Biden wants to restore failed Iran Nuclear Deal\">solve problems<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey look like children,\u201d Concha said on Fox News\u2019s <em>Fox &#038; Friends First <\/em>on Thursday. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4593376\/democrats-house-floor-power-grab-war-powers\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Democrats exercise a House floor power grab amid small margins<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4593382\/congressional-black-caucus-block-college-sports-reform-redistricting\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Congressional Black Caucus vows to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >block college sports reform<\/a> over Southern states\u2019 redistricting<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4593266\/rubio-exasperated-democrat-heated-house-hearing\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Rubio grows exasperated with Democrats at heated House hearing<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha said that Democrats have no interest in getting to the truth, but rather \u201csimply draw attention to themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/capitol-hill\/\">Capitol Hill<\/a> hearing on Wednesday got heated when Democratic leaders clashed with Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> in front of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: inline-block; width: 100%; max-width: 640px; min-height: 180px; max-height: 360px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3558536&#038;userid=11311&#038;usertype=user&#038;loginid=10455&#038;playercolor=%23000000&#038;playersize=auto&#038;code=1ca1e9ccba37314edee349ae3a4b731f\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Sarah Jacobs (D-CA), a Democratic congresswoman from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\">California<\/a>, called out Rubio for not admitting that President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is losing the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a> war, \u201cjust like you couldn\u2019t admit that the shoes the president bought you were too big.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re talking about shoes, are you guys kidding me? Is this the Foreign Affairs Committee, or is this like a circus?\u201d Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese hearings are the biggest waste of time in politics in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\">social media<\/a> area,\u201d Concha said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha said Democrats use these hearings to create viral moments for themselves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDemocrats come into these hearings in an attempt to make clips of themselves yelling at somebody like Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, with prewritten notes. You notice how they\u2019re always looking down? Reading something probably written by their staffers so they can take those clips and put it up on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\">TikTok<\/a>,\u201d Concha said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha said the attention Democrats get from these hearings is simply an attempt to fundraise. He noted the same thing happened on Wednesday to Secretary of Homeland Security <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/markwayne-mullin\/\">Markwayne Mullin<\/a>, when, in an outburst, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) called Mullin a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rep-al-green-tells-homeland-security-sec-mullin-shut-calling-racist-hearing\">racist and told him to shut up.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concha criticized Democrats for pulling the attention away from an otherwise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/credit-card-companies-make-big-announcements-about-pornhub-following-horrifying-claims\/\" title=\"Credit Card Companies Make ... Announcements About Pornhub Following Horrifying Claims\">big announcement<\/a> from Mullin: The primary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border\/\">border<\/a> wall, stretching from the Pacific to the Gulf of America, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/mullin-tells-congress-primary-border-wall-done-june-2027-secondary-wall-summer-2028\">will be completed by June 2027.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4593266\/rubio-exasperated-democrat-heated-house-hearing\/\"><strong>RUBIO GROWS EXASPERATED WITH DEMOCRATS AT HEATED HOUSE HEARING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat should be a very, very big story that the wall would be finished in that fashion, and all we\u2019re seeing is clips,\u201d Concha said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is just one big show at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Examiner\u2019s Joe Concha said Democrats \u201clook like children\u201d and bloat hearings for viral clips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4226,"featured_media":2610574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rubio.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,8052,33295,5618,6248],"class_list":["post-2610573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-hearings","tag-media-criticism","tag-oversight","tag-tiktok"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rubio.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610573","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\/4226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610573"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2610577,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610573\/revisions\/2610577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2610574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}