I encountered this headline online: “EXPLOSIVE Interview Sparks Legal Trouble For MAGA Liar.” It made me somewhat curious, since “MAGA Liar” is not a proper, but a common noun, i.e., it describes most of the leading people in the so-called MAGA movement. It turned out that the liar in question was Corey Lewandowski — a former Trump flunky, long ago variously discredited. But as is the case for so many Trumpists, Corey’s shame is his gain. It seems he has been rehabilitated, if that is the correct term for it, and made a leader of some part of the Trump-Vance campaign. Scum rising to the top.

Corey Lewandowski is said to be a Roman Catholic — how scandalous, abusive priests and Corey too!

He gave a bravura performance before the House committee today. He refused to answer questions put to him. How does he get away with that? They did not send him a subpoena because of his good looks or refined manners. Isn’t this refusal to cooperate, unless protected by “executive privilege” or the 5th Amendment, a basis for a Contempt of Congress citation?

But, of course, Corey doesn’t give a damn. He does not care at all what Congress thinks of him (assuming the Republicans have not quit thinking altogether), nor does does he care what the viewers in the television audience think of him — except for one viewer, Mr. Television himself, Donald Trump. I saw a good essay by Chris Cilizza that observes that for Lewandowski the hearing was not testimony, but a tryout for the Trumpteam. 

I, at least, think Corey aced it. In one short hearing he showed that he can be arrogant, rude, dismissive of law and decency, generally trashy, and, above all, that he can lie with the best of them. I’m not the only one to be impressed. The Dictator tweeted a heartfelt “❤Thank you Corey!❤”