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Farce Turns to Tragedy in the House

Jamie Stiehm on

Its fate may meet with murder in the House.

This is a failed Congress. Thanks, House Republicans. They took weeks to elect -- and oust -- and find a new speaker. Little good got done.

Finally, a Trump appointee, a special counsel, called President Joe Biden "elderly," with a poor memory. Commenting on closed investigations for political hay is unfair play.

Fleeing tragic farce, I went to the symphony at the Kennedy Center.

Beethoven's "Eroica" melodies flew above the fray.

 

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