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No Balls at the Oversight Committee Hearings about Hunter Biden’s Contempt

The House Oversight Committee hearing to decide if Hunter Biden’s disobeying a subpoena turned into exactly what one representative said it wasn’t, an episode of the Jerry Springer Show. But who’s to blame?

Jason Morton

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There’s nothing to smile about in Washington D.C. Especially if you’re Hunter Biden and a member of the House Of Representatives told the world you have no balls on national television. That’s what happened. No Balls.

“You are the epitome of white privilege, coming to the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls.”

— Congresswoman Nancy Mace, January 2024

How do you follow that up? This hearing is the most insane thing since Mike Lee of Utah introduced pictures of Luke Skywalker, Aquaman riding a seahorse, and Ronald Reagan on a Dinosaur in a congressional hearing.

So Jerry Springer has nothing on Congress. Congress could school Jerry on how to do the shock and awe television that made the 90s so damned entertaining. In…

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