To be clear, plenty of Reps present at the hearing ..... but maybe not the "R"/"right" ones. I would take a good hard look at that mob, cause, damn son. You dirty.
It's an exercise in the theory of the Big Lie. The more outrageous the lie the more likely people are to believe you couldn't be making it up. There are GOP committee members in those closed door sessions, each of whom gets their own time like the Democratic members.
