Wondering on Wednesday 3/30/22

Ready... Set... Wonder!

Let's dive into the wonderment, shall we? 

Right off the bat, I have to wonder why Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R- I Lied About Why I Didn't Get In To The US Naval Academy But They Elected Me Anyway) would actually think anyone in DC political circles wanted him to attend their orgies? I mean, seriously, he's among the most obnoxious people I've never had the pleasure of meeting. And, frankly, the words 'pleasure' and 'Madison Cawthorn' go together about as well as 'delicious' and 'bird poop.'

And I wonder, who's going to get to him first: Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Mar-a-Lago's Tool Shed), or the folks who invited him to the orgies? Or, maybe it's going to be the other folks he knows, the politicians who do all that coke?

I also wonder if McCarthy or anyone else is going to require him to name names - otherwise, how will the Rs know who to put on key committees when they regain the majority in November?

The other day I gave US Attorney General Merrick Garland the We May Never Find the Poop Under this Snowpile award for moving oh-so-slowly in deciding whether to do anything any time soon. About anything. The House January 6th Committee asked for contempt of Congress charges against Mark 'One Man's Rusty Trailer is Another Man's Castle' Meadows. To his credit, Garland's folks did charge Steve 'Does Hanging Out On This Chinese Yacht Make My Podcast Sound Stupid?' Bannon, but still no word on Meadows. 

With former Trump administration goofballs Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro now facing a vote by the full House to refer their contempt charges to DOJ, it's past time for Garland to act on the Meadows referral, or explain why he won't act.  And the only wondering here is this: How long will it take Garland to decide whether he'll decide to make a decision?

Former president Donald Trump's White House call logs apparently have a bigly gap on January 6th. How bigly, you're wondering? Here's what CBS News is reporting.

The lack of an official White House notation of any calls placed to or by Trump for 457 minutes — from 11:17 a.m. to 6:54 p.m. — on Jan. 6, 2021 means there is no record of the calls made by Trump as his supporters descended on the U.S. Capitol, battled overwhelmed police and forcibly entered the building, prompting lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence to flee for safety.

In case you wondered, as I did, it would take nearly 25 separate Rosemary Woods yoga poses, demonstrated in this AP photo, to create a chasm that big. And I can't believe he didn't take or receive a single call during that time - especially since we know he talked with several members of Congress, by their own admission.

Sticking with the former president, I'm sure you're all familiar his enthusiastic endorsements of MAGAesque candidates - including Madison Cawthorn, it turns out. Trump also endorsed Rep. Mo 'I Tried to Stop the Steal' Brooks, who's in the hunt for the open Alabama Senate seat. After getting Trump's support, Brooks started talking about looking ahead to 2022 and 2024 - he 'went woke' according to Trump, who pulled his endorsement last week. 

Now, what makes this all so very wonderful and interesting? Brooks pulled no punches in responding to the lost endorsement. After blaming Trump for going along with Mitch McConnell - unlikely, at best - he said

President Trump asked me to rescind the 2020 elections, immediately remove Joe Biden from the White House, immediately put President Trump back in the White House, and hold a new special election for the presidency. As a lawyer, I've repeatedly advised President Trump that January 6 was the final election contest verdict and neither the U.S. Constitution nor the U.S. Code permit what President Trump asks. Period."

I don't wonder for a second whether Trump did what Brooks says he did; at the same time, I don't doubt for a second that Brooks would say just about anything to try and stay in the game.

What's got you wondering tonight?