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This is much the same question as who ran the Biden administration.
Earlier this month, The Point discussed the curious case of D.C. ‘Delegate’ Eleanor Norton who was “missing stuff”.
One House Democrat who knows Norton’s work from the Oversight Committee told Axios that during efforts to pass D.C. statehood in 2020 and 2021, she “wasn’t talking to many people.”
A third House Democrat said their own observation of Norton from working with her on a committee is that she essentially goes through the motions and little else: “She shows up to committee, she reads the speech.”
“All of that is true,” said a fourth House Democrat. “She reads what her staff puts in front of her. She can’t say anything she’s not reading. That’s a staff-driven office now, just like you saw in the Senate with Feinstein,” referencing the late California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
How staff-driven? This staff driven.
Speaking to NBC News on Wednesday, Norton said, “Yeah, I’m gonna run for re-election.”
A spokesperson for Norton later told Axios that “no decision has been made” about seeking another term.
Who’s actually running Norton’s seat? Not her. Obviously.
And that’s not representative government. People don’t vote for career D.C. staffers, they vote for the candidates running. When those candidates don’t actually run anything, then what we have is a government of the staffers for the staffers in the imperial city of D.C.
Mommsen said that the worst form of government was government by unelected bureaucrats.
Mommsen was a very smart guy but strange. Strange looking too. A lot of historical figures were strange looking when you think about it.
I guess not everybody can be drop dead handsome like me. 😛
I dropped my main girlfriend yesterday. I’m pining away. I think I’m going to die! I keep waiting for her to call me. I know she will but she’s making me wait, that fucking bitch.
She always accuses me of dallying with other chicks. I’m honest and told her I do but she really annoys me with her dumb accusations. Fuck, bitch, not even I can run around 24 hours a day. Just cook me some of that fried chicken I hate and STFU.
I bet you’ve read Mommsen’s “The History of Rome.” That’s a good one.
I think an even more egregious example is the Senate Parlimentarian – an unelected bureaucrat who has just come to our attention by her decisions on the BBB. From an X post by Congressman Greg Steube: “How is it that an unelected swamp bureaucrat, who was appointed by Harry Reid over a decade ago, gets to decide what can and cannot go in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill?
The Senate Parliamentarian is not elected. She is not accountable to the American people. Yet she holds veto power over legislation supported by millions of voters.”
I believe Senator Rand made similar comments.