To protect Trump, Republicans are staging a display of lawlessness. It’s failing. - The Washington Post

The events we just witnessed in the House of Representatives will surely earn an honored place in the annals of congressional clownishness. Just as the House Intelligence Committee was preparing to hear testimony from another important witness in the impeachment inquiry, a couple dozen Republican members of Congress stormed into the room, phones in hand, and started live-tweeting their protest.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/23/protect-trump-republicans-are-staging-display-lawlessness-its-failing/