Stirring up the base

Lee Zeldin is a crackpot who has been spouting shit all along.

Here he was on October 24:

[A new Wall Street Journal editorial] quotes Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) claiming this about [ambassador Willian] Taylor: “Much of his leaked opening statement collapsed, but Schiff keeps the public in the dark on that!”

The “leaked” opening statement, of course, was the full opening statement, but put that aside. The Journal editorial then notes that “What we don’t know is how Mr. Taylor responded to questions” about what he knew firsthand, adding: “If the evidence against Mr. Trump is so damning, then why not make it all public now so the American people can judge for themselves?”

You see, Zeldin wants you to know that the withering cross-examination skills of Republicans like himself debunked what you think you learned from Taylor in his already-revealed opening statement. The point here isn’t just that the already-known and deeply damning details in Taylor’s testimony should be seen as suspect, simply because House Republicans say so. It’s also that the effectiveness of House Republicans unmasked this, and Democrats are trying to conceal it.

  WaPo

And on November 4:

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), a slavish Trump lickspittle, called for the release of the transcript of Taylor’s testimony, claiming: “Much of his leaked opening statement collapsed, but Schiff keeps the public in the dark on that!”

Zeldin then broadened his case. “The public is absolutely being misled about every single deposition that takes place,” Zeldin told the Washington Examiner.

  WaPo

And then...we saw that transcript, and heard his public testimony. The public was not misled.

Maybe there's something that benefits Trump in some way in the deposition, but even if it does, it can't possibly be anything that negates everything we already know, and the scare tactic of needing it to be released BEFORE the next public hearing is just that: a scare tactic.  He knows it's not likely to be released before that, because there are hours and hours worth of testimony that have to be passed before some agency (or agencies) to make sure there's nothing that needs to be redacted in the interest of national security.  And I think it's a pretty safe bet that there are things since this is the budget office and foreign aide is being discussed.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:  Is THIS the urgent message?