Why wait until Benghazi whistleblowers Mark Thompson, Gregory Hicks and Eric Nordstrom testify before the House Oversight Committee? Rep. Elijah Cummings was ready to call b.s. before they even had a chance to speak on Wednesday.

Oh, come on. Breathing while conservative qualifies you for that.

Video here:

Cummings started off his statement with a shoutout … to “public employees.”

He insisted he was glad to have the whistleblowers at the hearing and called them “important.”

http://twitter.com/adamsbaldwin/statuses/332159700772741121

And whistleblower protection? Cummings is on it!

Riiiiight.

But wait … there’s more.

https://twitter.com/GOPfashionista/statuses/332160259638575105

Cummings went after Fox News, all sneaky-like, natch.

Politicizer, heal thyself.

And a boom-worthy rebuttal from Rep. Darrell Issa:

Heckuva job, Cummings!

http://twitter.com/RightWingNerd/statuses/332165474320273408

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Here we go: Backlash against Benghazi whistleblowers is underway