We have an expression in the South that you may have heard: A hit dog will always holler.
Simply put, the saying means that if a statement is true, the person it’s aimed at will react defensively or show signs of guilt and/or offense for having been called out for their bullshit because the statement struck a nerve.
Such is the case with Attorney General Pam Bondi, who appeared before the House Appropriations Committee yesterday and was confronted by Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) about Bondi’s failure to disclose that she once worked as a lobbyist for the nation of Qatar.
“The three hallmarks of this administration are incompetence, corruption, and cruelty,” Dean noted. “Attorney General, have you ever been registered as an agent of a foreign principal under the Foreign Agents Registration Act?”
“I assume you’re talking about when I represented the country of Qatar for a very short time,” Bondi replied.
“Hold on,” Dean said.
“You can’t put words in my mouth!” Bondi angrily declared. “You want to talk about incompetence? You’re the one that said Joe Biden on PBS was competent. You had to retract those words.”
“Don’t talk to me,” she added. “Don’t insult me publicly.”
“This is so discourteous,” Dean informed the AG. “This is so outside the committee’s guidelines. Taking a personal shot at me while swiping at Biden? Very strange and very unprofessional of you.”
“And the answer is yes,” the Democrat continued. “You were registered as a lobbyist for Qatar… President Trump recently announced he’d accept that $400 million Qatari airplane because it was just prettier than the one he was flying around in.”
Bondi: “And talking about unprofessional, you say the President wanted to jet because it’s pretty?”
“Excuse me,” Dean interjected. “This is a congressional hearing. He said it himself.”
Keep hollering, Pam. It makes you look just as guilty as the convicted felon you work for.
