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Jamelle Bouie on Pam Bondi’s Meltdown
On “The Opinions,” the columnist Jamelle Bouie says he thinks Pam Bondi’s combative testimony made her look like a “raving lunatic” — a reaction that Democrats were able to evoke for political gain.
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No administration wants their attorney general looking like a raving lunatic for the cameras. “And none of them, none of them asked Merrick Garland over the last four years one word about Jeffrey Epstein. How ironic is that? You know why? Because Donald Trump, the Dow, the Dow right now is over — The Dow is over $50,000. I don’t know why you’re laughing.” I think any person who watches that hearing does not think: Oh, Pam Bondi, a reasonable, sober- minded political official, law enforcement official. They think: Pam Bondi, a lunatic. And I think that the fact that Democrats are able to evoke that reaction from Bondi is a political win for Democrats. Like, just even if Trump is sitting back in his chamber, I don’t know. I’m imagining him like a Jabba the Hutt in the palace. – Looking at television. – Oh, harsh. Even if that’s the situation and Trump is enjoying it, it’s political malpractice to allow something like this to happen.
February 13, 2026