What's Pelosi's excuse going to be for not investigating the forced hysterectomies?
"It's very sad that a US federal agency was engaged in crimes against humanity reminiscent of those conducted by Nazi doctors, but our committee schedules are full until the election"?
"I'm sorry, I'd love to investigate the brutal medical torture being conducted by DHS. But it's going to be hard to call the secretary as a witness, seeing how he's illegally serving.
Also, we're really busy! We have to pass a continuing resolution, to fund DHS."
In hindsight, everyone condemns Abu Ghraib, they condemn Guantanamo, they talk about the Tuskegee experiments and Buck v. Bell as dark chapters in history to never be repeated.
And then it happens again - or worse! - and those same people say "We need to focus on the election."
This is exactly what I'm talking about. "Yes, it does seem important to investigate whether Mengelian human experimentation is happening at ICE. But the US House of Representatives only has 50 days"
Do people think think the US House is equivalent to a homeowners' association or something?
It's a massive, powerful institution with hundreds of members! Faced with allegations of crimes against humanity, it has the institutional capacity to respond quickly!
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