The John Durham hearings were a showcase of shameless behavior by House Democrats. John Durham is a highly respected U.S. Attorney with an outstanding record. His report is extremely well written, and he is extremely careful to document the facts supporting his findings. His report should have been shocking and sobering to every honest citizen. He described unacceptable political bias in the DOJ and the FBI regarding the Russian collusion hoax.

Unfortunately, only a few of the Democrats on that committee even pretended to be fair and objective. The rest of them attacked the messenger and demeaned his character with zero evidence to support these accusations. This was only interrupted by verbal assaults on Donald Trump. They screamed and pounded in a desperate attempt to paint this investigation itself as politically motivated. That is ironic considering the inconvenient fact that Bill Barr has made scathing comments about Donald Trump. One thing is crystal clear from Mr. Durham’s testimony, Donald Trump had nothing to do with this investigation.

The house voted to censure Adam Schiff for deliberating misrepresenting the facts regarding the Russian Collusion hoax to the American people. He was ordered to stand in the well of the House so that the censure order could be read to him. Incredibly he was surrounded by House Democrats, loudly protesting this well-earned censure while cheering him on in a fruitless attempt to prevent Kevin McCarthy was reading this resolution out loud. They were patting Schiff on the back, shaking his hand and praising him.

Yet there is zero doubt that Schiff was guilty of deliberating lying about the Russian Collusion hoax, both to members of the House and to the entire country. The evidence is indisputable, but that did not and does not matter to House Democrats. The result was a public display by far too many people in leadership positions within the Democratic Party to refuse to even consider sober reflection regarding a very serious problem. A problem that could impact them directly, if a Republican President were to use the intelligence agencies, the DOJ and the FBI for purely partisan purposes. What goes around comes around, never more so than in this situation. What’s more, based on this public display of completely irresponsible behavior by House Democrats, Republicans may be compelled to do this.

Winston Churchill was once criticized for bombing German cities. His response was: “The most unethical thing I could ever do would be to lose this war to Adolph Hitler.” He was right about that. Barry Goldwater once said: “I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!” 

These Democrats just gave a public display of why they should never be trusted with political power. They showed little or no interest in justice or fair play. They showed even less interest in the facts. Their sole concern is gaining and maintaining political power without regard to the cost to anyone else. They have publicly declared war on liberty and the pursuit of justice. Moderation in the face of such a display is no virtue. They will never consider listening to the other side on any subject. They will never consider doing the right thing for the right reason. They aren’t even willing to let anyone voice an opinion that is inconsistent with their personal narrative.

The good news is that there is a new class of Republicans who understand this and who are prepared to engage. Perhaps I am wrong, but I think these hearings may have done more than anyone could imagine, if only because Democrats were put in a position to put their full disregard for justice and fair play on full display. The MSM will ignore this, just like they ignore anything and everything that is inconsistent with their well-rehearsed narrative. But those who were paying attention, with an ounce of objectivity, could not fail to understand.

The good news is that those who focus solely on making a loud noise and shouting down at everyone else eventually succeed only in exhausting themselves in the process. Those who cannot see reality cannot possibly manage it very well. That is why the good guys always win. Sometimes, sadly, this is often only after the bad guys self-destruct after becoming too focused on killing each other to even consider a wise path forward.

What we saw yesterday was a full public display of shameless behavior. Sometimes it is challenging to figure out who is worthy of our trust. But it is easy to understand who simply cannot be trusted.

TDM