Depressing: Hugh Hewitt Dresses Down Senator Ron Johnson

Earlier today in a comment I cited Hugh Hewitt's interview of Senator Ron Johnson as an example of how the Senate works--or doesn't work. I haven't been able to find an audio that I can embed, so I'll just provide the link to the 10 minute interview--below.

Johnson didn't know what hit him. I think he was expecting a softball interview, maybe a pat on the back from Hewitt, who's usually supportive of mainstream politicians. Instead, Johnson was confronted by an angry Hewitt who demanded answers and ended up calling out Johnson, Lindsey Graham, and others to apologize to the American people for wasting four years without seriously trying to get to the bottom of a coup attempt against the President of the United States. When Trump was stabbed in the back by AG Jeff Sessions, the GOP controlled Senate--led by Chuck Grassley--flat out stonewalled Trump.

Now it's apparently Romney refusing to vote for subpoenas for Comey and Brennan. Johnson wouldn't name names and, when Hewitt suggested that he hold a public committee vote so the nation would know who the stonewaller is, Johnson was just dumbfounded.

The truth, of course, is worse than the flabbiness that Hewitt indicts. The truth is that the GOPe, both in the Senate but perhaps most importantly in the House leadership while the GOP still had control, were actively seeking to subvert Trump. Paul Ryan above all.

https://www.hughhewitt.com/wp-content/uploads/08-12hhs-sen-ron-johnson.mp3