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In the Justice Department’s first on-camera response to the Capitol riot, Acting A.G. Jeffrey Rosen vowed<\/a> “no tolerance whatsoever” for any violence or other criminal acts at Biden’s inauguration from “wrongdoers” who will be held accountable “until justice is done.” Rosen’s pre-recorded statement – coming as Trump was suspended <\/a>from the platform and after an earlier briefing featured speakers from the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office but nobody from DOJ – was widely considered as bonkers as all the other events of the last week, and many people had questions<\/a>. Why was it released after midnight, a week after the event, on YouTube? Why were the two cameras not coordinated, and was Camera 2 really manned by Christopher Wray, who will reportedly be making his own statement on Tik Tok once he works out the dance moves? Is this sing-songy weirdness<\/a> part of the whole coup thing, or is it just the same old <\/span>well-oiled machine that is the Trump administration at work? Does Rosen look like everybody’s 7th grade Social Studies teacher, or just some people’s, and <\/span>how acting is he, like are we talking Meisner Technique or more improv? Why does this look like the worst <\/span>hostage video EVER by a guy who just got unchained from a radiator in the White House basement? Why does Rosen look like a cartoon villain in a pandemic hairdo, or a 1980s TV salesman trying to sell can openers, or a Just Say No PSA, and what do his blinks spell out in Morse Code? Wh<\/span>y doesn’t this make me feel any better? <\/span>Are we in the upside down? The basic consensus<\/a>: Yes. Given the past week, one observer deemed, the surreal video was, “Perfect. Damn Perfect.” Also: “This would be funny, if it wasn’t,” “Was having trouble sleeping but I think I’m good now,” “Make\/Acting Attorney Generals\/Give Normal Press Conferences\/Again,” “He inspires absolutely no confidence. Like, at all,” and, <\/span>“This dude is in charge. Everyone will die.” Possibly.<\/span><\/p>\n \n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n