Democrats are refusing to participate in the first congressional hearing focusing on allegations of former President Joe Biden’s mental decline while in the White House.
Only Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) attended the kickoff of the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Wednesday morning, with Durbin, the ranking member, immediately walking out after calling the event a distraction from the real issues in the panel’s purview — such as President Donald Trump’s deployment of the military to respond to immigration protests in Los Angeles.
Durbin also accused Republicans on the panel of being “asleep at the wheel,” regarding their responsibilities of oversight of the current administration.
“The Republican majority on this committee has not held a single oversight hearing despite numerous critical challenges facing the nation that are under our jurisdiction,” Durbin said, naming as recent examples the past weekend’s assassination of a state lawmaker in Minnesota and last week’s handcuffing of Sen. Alex Padilla at a DHS press conference. Padilla, a California Democrat, is a member of the Judiciary Committee.
“Apparently, armchair diagnosing former President Biden is more important than the issues of grave concern, which I have mentioned,” Durbin said.
Welch left the hearing room after declaring that the proceedings had no benefit for his constituents.
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