In November 2018, I wrote a piece that complained about the Democratic Party’s tendency to create “messaging” initiatives and talking points characterized by toothless quasi-humor and a failure to grasp either the stylistic dynamics of virality-oriented modern media or the substantive urgency and forcefulness that the current political situation requires.

On Thursday, Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen responded to honesty-challenged Attorney General William Barr’s arrogant refusal to allow himself to be questioned by a House Judiciary Committee attorney by eating food in a hearing room and bringing in a fake chicken thing to a press conference:

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen, who brought a ceramic chicken and ate from a bucket of KFC during the House Judiciary hearing, says “‘Chicken Barr’ should have shown up today and answered questions” https://t.co/PVMpCmTID2 pic.twitter.com/7sOgTV2yBz — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 2, 2019

Meanwhile, while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly said at a private meeting that she believed Barr had committed criminal perjury by claiming in an April 9 hearing that he wasn’t aware of any objections Robert Mueller’s special counsel team might have had to Barr’s summary of their work. When pressed on the issue in public by a reporter, though, her response was that “there’s a process involved here, and as I said, I’ll say it again, the committee will act upon how we will proceed.” Wow—a process to be acted upon? Someone better get a glass of water, because that’s some spicy rhetoric!

Why didn’t the Democrats read my article???