This is also a great zero-stakes way for the government to pretend they are listening and actually care about something, because they are all pretty well assured that nothing said here will negativity affect anyone’s reelection campaign.
They don’t know anything, and they know nobody else knows anything. There is nothing to be lost politically by spending time on this. If anything it’s probably a nice break for most of them to focus on something with almost no chance of repercussions.
Did you catch all the snarky remarks the R’s made? I had never heard of any of those people except AOC and I could identify the party of the speaker based on whether they talked shit or not. Mostly just little things like “I don’t trust anyone in this town” referring to DC etc. They go out of their way to say it is bipartisan and not political but can’t resist the urge to trash talk.
This is also a great zero-stakes way for the government to pretend they are listening and actually care about something, because they are all pretty well assured that nothing said here will negativity affect anyone’s reelection campaign.
They don’t know anything, and they know nobody else knows anything. There is nothing to be lost politically by spending time on this. If anything it’s probably a nice break for most of them to focus on something with almost no chance of repercussions.
I have a positive outlook on it but it’s entirely fair to have a negative one.
Did you catch all the snarky remarks the R’s made? I had never heard of any of those people except AOC and I could identify the party of the speaker based on whether they talked shit or not. Mostly just little things like “I don’t trust anyone in this town” referring to DC etc. They go out of their way to say it is bipartisan and not political but can’t resist the urge to trash talk.