This is why attempts to point out hypocrisy among Republicans over the last—oh, let’s say 12 years, but especially the last four—are generally futile. The people who see the hypocrisy don’t need to be convinced: they know it already. The people who don’t see the hypocrisy will never see it because they either don’t believe it’s true, or if they do, they don’t care because when “their team” is doing it, it’s okay because it’s a tactic in pursuit of their side’s just, moral, and righteous crusade (as the woman in the clip has done).
And Republican politicians couldn’t care less if some journalist points out they have inconsistent positions depending on who’s in charge. Does anyone really think Mitch McConnell is going to have an internal crisis of confidence when someone points out his hypocritical position on, for example, the rule he invented to prevent Merrick Garland from getting a SCOTUS nomination hearing? Of course not: McConnell’s view is that the ends justify the means. If he were internally consistent, he wouldn’t have gotten what he wanted.
And, finally, you need to have a sense of shame to view hypocrisy as a bad thing. These people have no sense of shame. As the woman in the video says, “I don’t care.” It’s not about logic or facts or reason or empiricism or morality or anything else. It’s about “if it gets my side a ‘win,’ then I’m all for it.”
