Democrats Were Invited to a Hearing on $170 Million in Fraud — They Didn’t Show Up

when the topic serves their political interests. But a hearing about hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from programs serving the poor and elderly? Empty chairs. A procedural shrug. A collective decision that protecting fraud is preferable to the discomfort of confronting it.

The empty chairs Wednesday said everything about Democratic priorities that their speeches never will.

Rand Paul was right. The chairs spoke louder than anything else in that room.