“Painful” and “disaster” have become refrains online among several high-profile media figures in reference to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony on Wednesday. During the much-anticipated hearing hosted by the Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee, Mueller’s performance was so “shaky,” “confused” and “sluggish” that even sympathetic members of the mainstream media began to question his health.
As multiple media-focused outlets have noted, the response to Mueller’s performance has been overwhelmingly negative, with many going so far as to express concern for his well-being. In the hearing, the special counsel repeatedly asked members of Congress to repeat their questions, appeared to struggle to interpret queries and quotes, even when presented with text, and expressed a lack of knowledge on key topics, including the pivotal role Fusion GPS played in sparking the “collusion” claims by funding the infamous Russia dossier. The performance was “stumbling” enough to inspire a “Confused Mueller” supercut highlighting the many times the special counsel asked for questions to be repeated.
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