As Twitchy reported earlier on Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and wrecked Sen. Dick Durbin, who tried to scold him for releasing Jeffrey Epstein files only after Congress passed a law. Patel reminded him that Congress could have passed that law under the Biden administration when the Democrats held the White House and majorities in both houses of Congress. Durbin couldn't move on quickly enough.
We're not sure what the dumbest member of Congress, Sen. Mazie Hirono, was getting at with her questions about a letter demanding details and costs regarding Patel's personal travel — the bit that gets cut off at the end refers to Patel's "scandalous" snorkeling excursion with Navy SEALs over the USS Arizona, "one of the most hallowed places in the United States," according to ABC News.
In any case, Hirono seemed to struggle with the definition of the word "public." When she asked Patel when he was going to respond to the Senate Democrats' letter, he responded that he already had, publicly. Hirono didn't have a sheet of paper in her hand, though, so as far as she was concerned, he hadn't responded.
🚨 LMFAO...Director Kash Patel just embarrassed the CRAP out of clueless Sen. Mazie Hirono (D)
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 15, 2026
HIRONO: When will you respond to our letter?
PATEL: I gave a full analysis and response.
HIRONO: When will you respond?
PATEL: I already responded. The letter is public.
HIRONO: I… pic.twitter.com/BZGbJCun5L
The post continues:
… don't have the response. Do you have it with you? Hand it to me.
PATEL: You can look it up.
HIRONO: If you have a response, give it to me RIGHT NOW
PATEL: Go look it up.
HIRONO: I assume there is no response
PATEL: That's a lie.
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I do not think she is fit to be senator! CLEARLY many of these Democrats show up to hearings with pre-fed talking points and don't actually do their job.
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Maybe one of her poor staffers can show her how to look it up. Even then, she still won't consider it a response. If you send a letter via the Postal Service, you should get a letter delivered by the Postal Service in reply.
Can she not digest plain direct English?
— Cricket (@SarRahRah4) September 15, 2026
Useless but that is exactly what all Democrats are in government useless. Her assistant could have looked it up and gave her a copy buy they too are too ignorant to know how to manage the process.
— The Dude of Rhine (@DiplomatRhine) September 15, 2026
I think Mazie's interns are just toying with her at this point.
— Left Coast Unicorn (@LCunicorn) September 15, 2026
They could have printed a copy of the response and handed her the pages.
It must be awful having to answer to those dimwits all the time🤣
— EchoVoid (@2496tre) September 15, 2026
Hirono is quite possibly the dumbest Senator in American history.
— SenChasSumner (@SenCharlesSumn1) September 15, 2026
We absolutely do believe she's the dumbest currently serving.
She is so dumb. My God.
— Kate (@kate_p45) September 15, 2026
Zero of them do any research. Their staff write the questions and look for got you moments that they can use. They don’t do one thing more than that
— Texas (@Texas1560) September 15, 2026
The tax dollars we pay for Senate "oversight" are apparently just funding a live-action theater where politicians expect the internet to be printed out and handed to them. God bless America, because our bureaucracy clearly needs all the help it can get. 🇺🇸🤡
— Underboss (@Underboss111) September 15, 2026
It’s just a big, fat game of ‘GOTCHA!’ There is no effort to understand, no genuine curiosity, no desire to solve the problems of the nation or hold wrongdoers accountable in any meaningful way. Just sound bites and opportunities for clickbait.
— Rochelle Wentz (@rochellewentz) September 15, 2026
There's probably another clip of Hirono asking Patel about sexual harassment, since she seems to ask all Republicans who testify about sexual harassment. It's become her thing.
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