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‘We’re all mad’ — Congressional Hits and Misses

Week of Dec. 2, 2019

George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley reviews papers before the start of the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley reviews papers before the start of the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Wednesday. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
By Thomas McKinless
Posted December 6, 2019 at 12:41pm

Congress is back from Thanksgiving and no one is happy about it. Speaker Nancy Pelosi snapped at a reporter who suggested she might “hate” President Donald Trump, Rep. Louie Gohmert channeled Willie Nelson to gripe about elite law schools and former Vice President Joe Biden called a potential voter a “damn liar.”

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