{"id":2662262,"date":"2026-09-16T08:22:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:22:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncongress-always-sucks-but-the-histrionics-are-about-to-explode-like-a-high-school-theater-festival\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T08:28:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T12:28:05","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncongress-always-sucks-but-the-histrionics-are-about-to-explode-like-a-high-school-theater-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncongress-always-sucks-but-the-histrionics-are-about-to-explode-like-a-high-school-theater-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Always Sucks, But The Histrionics Are About To Explode"},"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\">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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncongress-always-sucks-but-the-histrionics-are-about-to-explode-like-a-high-school-theater-festival%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=2662262&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>This <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >passage humorously critiques recent congressional antics<\/a>,highlighting examples of exaggerated and theatrical behavior among lawmakers. It describes Rep. Ayanna Pressley&#8217;s intense outburst during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-grills-bidens-pick-for-ambassador-to-israel-over-policy-of-appeasement-with-iran\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz questions Biden&#039;s choice for Ambassador to Israel on Iran appeasement policy.\">questioning session<\/a>, portraying her as quickly spiraling into rage after reading a prepared note, and calls for her removal from the committee.The text also mocks Cory Booker\u2019s performative indignation on camera, likening his dramatics to other political figures and emphasizing the spectacle-like nature of congressional politics. It dismisses urgent concerns about AI regulation as unlikely to succeed amid the chaos, and portrays the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-guru-we-looked-at-phone-gps-info-of-anti-trumpers-in-chicago-discovered-treasure-trove-of-incriminating-info\/\" title=\"Data Guru: We Looked at Phone GPS Info of Anti-Trumpers in Chicago, Discovered Treasure Trove of Incriminating Info\">ongoing political theater<\/a> as largely unserious and performative. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/forensic-analysis-debunks-media-frenzy-claiming-charlie-kirk-bullet-didnt-match-gun\/\" title=\"Investigation Debunks Claims Charlie Kirk Bullet Didn...t Match Gun\">author warns readers<\/a> to brace for more loud and empty displays in the lead-up to elections, reducing the congressional drama to a farcical 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<div>\n<p>The Democrat theater kid Ayanna Pressley was questioning Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent this week when his answers made her so angry that she absolutely <em>exploded<\/em> into a spontaneous fury. Also, she kept looking down as she spiraled into an uncontrolled rage, because her staff had provided her with the spontaneous outrage in writing. She had to look at the piece of paper to see why she was so <em>furious<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 HOLY CRAP! Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D) is SHOUTING at the TOP OF HER LUNGS at Scott Bessent<\/p>\n<p>She is unruly. KICK HER OUT OF THE COMMITTEE!<\/p>\n<p>PRESSLEY: Have you heard about this issue, yes or no?<\/p>\n<p>BESSENT: I am aware that Obama\u2014<\/p>\n<p>PRESSLEY: YES OR NO! STOP FILIBUSTERING! Stop acting\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4LGQdbj43e\">pic.twitter.com\/4LGQdbj43e<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2099897728780108262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It has always been my position that most members of Congress make their living by mindlessly reciting some version of <em>it says on this piece of paper that I am very angry<\/em>, but some are more clumsy about it than others. Cory Booker is a twofer: He\u2019s up for re-election this year, in what\u2019s probably a safe seat, but he\u2019s also looking down the road to the presidential primary season that opens three seconds after the midterms end. Yes, Cory Booker thinks he has a shot at the presidency. No, it\u2019s not rude to laugh out loud at the thought. <\/p>\n<p>And so, needing to raise his profile and generate some dramatic clips, Cory Booker is once again becoming righteously and uncontrollably indignant every time he sees the red light on the camera. Among normal humans, the reaction is inevitable: This week, we are all Chuck Grassley in our souls.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoryBooker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoryBooker<\/a> (D-NJ) calls FBI Director Patel a lackey and argues with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChuckGrassley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChuckGrassley<\/a> (R-IA): <\/p>\n<p>Booker: &#8220;What a mockery you are.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Patel: &#8220;You are the biggest mockery in the United States Senate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grassley: &#8220;Are you ready to shut up?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ehZ90FOxSp\">pic.twitter.com\/ehZ90FOxSp<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cspan\/status\/2099901553020747799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This is a travesty of a mockery of a sham, Mister Chairman! You\u2019re about to see these histrionics with the predictability of sunrise, so consider taking social media breaks throughout the week. If you have a nearby lake or river of some kind, plan to sit next to it on evenings and weekends until early November has passed. The volume dial is about to be set to eleven, and scenery is going to be chewed. Whenever Booker is thinking about running for something, he makes his eyes bulge out to show how passionate he is. You can be forgiven for noticing that it just makes him look like Marty Feldman. <\/p>\n<p>Related, AI undoubtedly poses real threats to us all, and getting to the bottom of the way those threats will develop will be a heavy cultural burden. It\u2019ll take debate, learning, and thought, none of which are even slightly possible if Mazie Hirono and Ilhan Omar rush to take action at the clown show. The Rhode Island Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse questioned a Supreme Court nominee extensively and with urgent seriousness over the fart jokes in his high school yearbook. Elected toddlers like this have as much chance of successfully regulating AI in a hurry as an unassisted squirrel has of performing a high-quality MRI on your injured shoulder. <\/p>\n<p>Congress is going to make noise, now, with growing urgency and vigor, until the voters and the harvested ballots have spoken. The tone will sound very important, but the substance won\u2019t be. None of it is going to mean anything. Treat the spectacle with the seriousness it deserves.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charles Laughton | Dramatic Reading Of The Tax Form | The Ford Show | April 6, 1961\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kgupbN4AQnU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>      Chris Bray is a senior correspondent at The Federalist and a former infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army. He has a history PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, not that it did him any good. He also posts on Substack, at &#8220;Tell Me How This Ends,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisbray.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pressley erupts during hearing, fueled by scripted outrage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":2662263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mooooose-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4402,3896,5045,5894,20092],"class_list":["post-2662262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-congress","tag-debate","tag-government","tag-politics","tag-uproar"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/mooooose-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662262","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\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2662262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2662270,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2662262\/revisions\/2662270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2662263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2662262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2662262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2662262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}