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OSSOFF: Who won the 2020 election?
CLAYTON: Uhm, you know, I'm not going to do this with you
O: This is a job interview. You have an obligation to be honest with the committee. Who won the 2020 election?
C: I'm not gonna get into that with you
O: You're not being honest or forthright
RevTang
Ok this keeps being posted, but was he certified? He shouldn't be. But this exact question meant nothing for everyone else that's in the cabinet.
300Hectares1TankofKerosene
We are never going to see the end of this. The fucking morons of this country have their new “confederate flag” to cling to and wave for the rest of our lives.
jalondon628
From now and for however many generations it takes, this question should always be the first one asked of any candidate for public office. Every public office.
invaderjak
Title says honorable, but behavior is not
gobblinal
"This interview is over. Go home and we won't be in touch with you."
ItsACrazyWorld
He will get confirmed anyways and he knows it. Which is why he is smiling and acting the way he is. He could have showed up naked and drunk, the GOP would still vote for him. This is how fucking far gone our government is. Nothing is going to change because we as a society are too afraid to sacrifice our small meaningless comforts to make things better.
NKato
And that's why if I was sitting in Jon's seat, I would have gotten up, and rearranged that fuckface's skull. People like that do not deserve the dignity of human conversation.
AbelardSnazz
What is the purpose of this hearing? Do they have to vote to approve him or is it just a talking shop?
slopwizard
They have to vote to approve him, but the Republicans will approve regardless. So this is just a formality where he demonstrates he's willing to humiliate himself for the cult
Roqinn
If you refuse to answer the question, then we have the answer.
DevilsAdvocat
forthright - Direct and without evasion; straightforward: synonym: frank.
obligate - to bind legally or morally
you have you have failed to adhere to the requirements of the panel, and are therefore disqualified..
better effort than most, but, he literally said he's required to answer without evasion when he agreed that he's obligated to answer forthright... now ask him if he knows what obligation and forthright mean... grill him to the fucking bone
Xcallion1
Why don't they just say that their dorito won? That's what they mean by refusing to answer factually, so why don't they say it?
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
"I already answered that." No, you did not. As a factual matter. Refusing the answer is not answering. It's literally refusing to answer.
autocorrectfailures
If Trump won the 2020 election then why did he get to run a 3rd time?
Lardzor
If you're going to work for Donald Trump, the first thing you're going to have to sacrifice is your integrity.
Willste
Just answer the FUCKING QUESTION!
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
It's not "theater" it's a question designed to determine whether or not you are capable of acting independently on the basis of truth and good judgment, and you have failed spectacularly.
5454377
Treason weasel, try- convict- execute. Make the world a better place for future generations.
Hovencl00f
He is a lying Trumpoid, he will be one if he is approved. So let's not approve him.
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
Unfortunately, the Dems don't have the numbers to stop him without a bunch of Republicans jumping on too.
swedeonamoose
They are sooooo afraid of saying anything that might trigger mr cheeto.
Willste
Worst part? Trump lost 2020 because, like everything, he had to butt in and get in the way of people who know what they are doing. Had he not bungled COVID and just let the experts actually work, Trump would've beaten Biden in a landslide.
But, he has to put his hands on the response effort, ignore experts and embrace wackadoos.
slopwizard
That's just another aspect of how dimwitted and unfit he is for the role. Handed a non-partisan crisis during an election year and decided to be a clown the entire time
wadatahmydamie
Next time Democrats genuinely control the house and senate, they need to stop playing these games. If these fuckwads don’t want to answer questions, jail them for contempt of Congress and remove all access to a megaphone. No social media, no media appearances by their lawyers, nothing until they answer the question. Feed them normal jail food. Have them shower with other inmates.
NKato
Agreed. And we should recall Kavanaugh for lying to Congress and force him to explain himself. Non-answers get prison time.
cearn
That, and a strike for whoever suggested them for the position, as they obviously cannot be trusted to take it seriously. 3 strikes and that person is out as well.
hotaru251
The only reason we don't have laws punishing Gov officials from lying is because both parties do it.
There should be EXTREMELY harsh punishments for purposefully lying as a gov official and a strike system that once hit instant termination & barred from any future gov position for life.
wadatahmydamie
That’s not true, FYI. We explicitly have laws allowing elected officials basically unlimited leeway to say what they want, under the speech and debate clause.
FridaMercury
And yet, he'll be sworn in.
UncleRat
Another dick that will be put in office because the Rapist in the White House wants him.
IIikethecutofyourjib
Jon Ossoff is so damn fine when he's fighting against authoritarianism. So glad he's my senator!!!
jalondon628
I want him to win reelection so badly. Then I want him to run for president. Short of that, I’ll take more of this.
ChelVanin
These people should be forced to wear a shock collar connected to a polygraph.
DorkJedi
Lexgeddon
Polygraphs are good for absolutely nothing but false positives, and I promise you they'd use that to weasel out of any positives they get.
ChelVanin
In my hypothetical they work with complete accuracy.
paeches
they should be doing this over a trap door to a pool with hangry sharks
slopwizard
Ideally the laws for lying this hard would force them to wear a noose collar connected to a gallows
thisisnotfineffs
Serious question, why can't they be found in contempt and jailed in the building, then brought back to answer the question the next day, rinse and repeat until they are honest? This is fucking clown shoes child bullshit, I don't understand how systems are completely incapable of holding these disgusting fucks to account.
csullivan
Any sort of prosecutorial process would be handled by the US Department of Justice which is led by the president of the United States and his cronies.
thisisnotfineffs
slopwizard
Because the clowns are in charge of the Senate, allowing Ossoff to speak at all is just for show. They will rubber stamp this guy just as they do for any other unqualified appointee
shameofslate
Getting Republicans to admit that Biden "won" the 2020 election reminds me of that episode of Happy Days where Fonzie had to admit he was wrong about something, but he couldn't even say the word.
metalrulercid
These hearings are all absolutely meaningless if the piece of shit answering the questions (or avoiding giving straight answers) is not sworn in. Without consequences for lying you're asking us to believe the worst the world has to offer is being honest...
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
They are sworn in. They don't care.
csullivan
RetrogradeLlama
Another lying POS. In other words, a perfect candidate for the Republicans.
Seems like a very easy question to answer unless you're a Trump sucking psychofant.
SleazyBijou
*sycophant
BobWeAdaBabyEetsAboy
Watch him get past committee anyways.
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1Z2ZwdDVuY3JqNjJpYWxhaHY5OXZhNGs3Mm1vdzhjMTM3cHp1dDc4MyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/10UHehEC098kAE/200w.webp
WhyDontYouMakeMe
It's an amazing filter, I gotta say
sleepinggreenidea
Ask him who won the 2016 election*, then who won in 2024*, then 2020, then why he won't answer 2020. But ofc it actually IS theater, because we know the answer. It's embarrassing, and should be disqualifying (especially for a role like this one) but the hearing changes nothing no matter what he does or does not say.
*Yes, it's an incredibly obvious trap, but I'm not sure Dear Leader would tolerate someone declining to say that he won in 2016 & 2024.
Kyzyl
"Yes, it is humiliating. But I prefer power over personal integrity. Next question."
hyperchondriac
The emporer's clothes are magnificent, as only the most wise can see.
thisisnotfineffs
No humiliation. They have no shame.
kjbopp
OMG - why are complete idiots running and ruining the country I live in!!! What the fuk has happened??? :o(
ItsACrazyWorld
If I had a week I couldnt list all the reasons why this is happening.
Arcadian1
Idiots voted for them.
orp0piru
40% don't vote
if all you do is lie down on the street, it's no surprise you get run over
slopwizard
Rupert Murdoch brainwashed half of the country to believe that black people are subhuman and Mexicans are taking jobs from white people