As this editor often says, all of us here at Twitchy keep a running list of the top 10 dumbest members of Congress. For this editor, the top 10 shifts around, but Sen. Mazie Hirono comes in at No. 1 consistently. Take her approach to nominations. Back in 2022, she assured Ketanji Brown Jackson, "Your nomination is not about filling a quota," which President Joe Biden made perfectly clear it was.
When President Donald Trump was elected for a second term, she naturally opposed all of the nominees for his cabinet. She was too late to stop his confirmation, but she claimed that FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was "not at all qualified" for the position. It was a treat earlier this year, though, when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shut her down for characterizing him as a drunk womanizer.
On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the nomination of Jeanine Pirro to be U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. Of course, Hirono claimed that Pirro was also unqualified for the position, because she appeared on Fox News or something.
JUST NOW: Mazie Hirono BLASTS Jeanine Pirro: “She is a Fox News media personality. She does not have the professional qualifications or the prosecutorial ethics to serve as a US Attorney for DC. In fact, she seems to have no concept of ethics at all.” pic.twitter.com/NEuEC6lCu8
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) July 24, 2025
The dumbest member of Congress, which is saying something, is saying something https://t.co/CvvsAJSLDD
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 24, 2025
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See, this editor isn't alone in believing she's the dumbest member of Congress.
Hirono is dumber than I realized. How can one person be that out of touch?
— SusanKnowles (@SusanKnowles) July 24, 2025
Mazie Hirono is disgraceful
— Apple Lamps (@lamps_apple) July 24, 2025
Mazie just reads what her staff writes for her, and she is reading it for the first time.
— Joe Fox (@45_flyer) July 24, 2025
It says on this piece of paper that I do not like this nominee
— Chris Bray (@a_chrisbray) July 24, 2025
Hirono is a hack and always has been.
— Z (@zpatriot_) July 24, 2025
Who wants to tell her?
— BarryLI (@BarryLI1) July 24, 2025
Hirino is a disgrace and has no room to call others unqualified.
— Jack (@Papajaxxx) July 24, 2025
She is so incredibly ignorant.
— Patriot Mom (@PatriotMomUSA) July 24, 2025
@maziehirono I don’t think you could be more misinformed if you tried.
— Professor Pissybich (@pissybich) July 24, 2025
You mean Jeanine Pirro doesn’t have qualifications other than being a former district attorney and a former judge. pic.twitter.com/w7m0hl80i8
But both she and Hegseth are nothing more than Fox News personalities, right? That's why President Trump picked them.
I don’t think she knows who she is messing with here.
— Lucy 🇺🇸 (@katsrdgal) July 24, 2025
Mazie constantly proves who has the lowest IQ in Congress.
— George Turner (@gturner6ppc) July 24, 2025
"I oppose Pirro's nomination, and I urge my colleagues to do otherwise" - Ummm, you just told your colleagues to endorse her nomination not oppose it.
— Aaron Michael (@LWTAaron) July 24, 2025
Is Hirono really that ignorant?
— Janet (@JanetJacks30781) July 24, 2025
Yes.
I like Booker on the right side of the screen like damn I hate when this lady speaks, it’s embarrassing
— Benjamin Schigel (@GabrielGoodhead) July 24, 2025
Even Cory Booker can't wait for her to shut up.
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