The overwhelming consensus in the media is that Pam Bondi behaved brutally during the House hearing, hurling personal insults at Democratic lawmakers.

Of course, she almost succeeded in dodging questions — like, why they never asked Joe Biden’s attorney general about Jeffrey Epstein case? (Some members acknowledged she had a point but couldn’t get answers about her own tenure.)

still, democrat also played an important role in this crisis. Members repeatedly used four of their allotted five minutes to deliver angry speeches and then clashed with Bundy as she spent the final seconds trying to deflect their questions.

In short, they, too, viewed the entire process as a circus on steroids — but the mainstream media largely got off the hook.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday was not her best performance, the consensus was. (Tom Brenner/AP Photo)

Everyone looks bad. However, in this era of intense partisanship, neither side believes that substantive information will be discovered. The goal today is to create a viral moment that can be replayed on TV, online or in videos they post on social media and YouTube.

No one enjoys this fight to the death more than cable news producers, who spend days on end exploiting these moments as anchors, hosts and guests debate them — just as the endless “Bad Bunny” debate is finally starting to die down.

Despite the seriousness of the topic – a child sex trafficking ring led by a man who, with the help of his supporter Ghislaine Maxwell, dealt with allegedly upright members of the establishment – the substance was all but lost in the shouting.

Bondi accused Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” (Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images)

Democrats call Bundy a liar, the perpetrator of a massive cover-up, and that he should resign immediately. Attorney General calls Jamie Raskin a “loser” and Republican Thomas Massey suffers from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” “I don’t get bogged down by her drama,” she said of Pramila Jayapal.

When Jerry Nadler launched into a tirade about how many people had been indicted in the Epstein investigation, he only had time to answer his own question: zero.

Perhaps the lowest moment came when it came to Rep. Becca Balint, a Jewish Democrat who accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

“In this anti-Semitic culture,” Bundy said, “she voted against a resolution that would have condemned –“

The Vermont congresswoman interrupted. “You’re talking to a woman who lost her grandfather in the war. massacreshouted Balint, rushing out of the room.

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For a few high-decibel moments, we were treated to a master class in the bitter partisanship on both sides. But it has a long history, dating back to a time when both parties were not obsessed with the politics of personal destruction.

Theater has always been an art form. During the 1973 Senate Watergate hearings, Alexander Butterfield, a deputy assistant to Richard Nixon, revealed the existence of a White House recording system that, as senior committee officials knew, drastically changed the outcome of the investigation and led to the committee’s bipartisan vote to impeach the president.

The culmination of the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings on allegations of Communist infiltration, when Army legal counsel Joseph Welch asked Joe McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? Finally, have you no sense of decency?” was the dawn of the television age and drew a rebuke from the brash Wisconsin senator.

It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that Bundy was performing to an audience. She said more than once Donald Trump The greatest president in history. He posted on Truth Social that she did a “fantastic job” against “Trump’s crazy radical left lunatics” and “stickball Democrats.”

Particularly absurd is Bundy’s claim that the Epstein riots were an attempt to distract from the Dow’s breakout of 50,000.

Eleven of Epstein’s victims sat behind Bundy during the hearing. (Tom Brenner/AP Photo)

As with all performances, this is a moment of silence.

Epstein’s 11 victims were seated in the audience, behind witnesses. Bundy, who has never met with them, said her Justice Department would be happy to meet with any of them immediately.

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That’s when Jayapal – in what was a bit of a stunt – asked Bundy to turn around and apologize to the women whose lives were destroyed by Epstein when they were girls. Pam Bundy ignored the offer.

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Democrats asked them to stand and raise their hands if they haven’t been able to meet with Trump’s Justice Department. Each of them stood up and sent a clear message.