The Great Revealing continues

I have suggested that the Trump Era is a time of Great Revealing. Because he is non-establishment and does things differently than the self-protecting and self-serving establishment, much is becoming clearer now which was overlooked or only speculated before. The most obvious has to do with the interference in our electoral process by our intelligence community but it certainly extends beyond that.

This is the most recent Great Reveal.

Rep. Eric Swalwell: "It's an abuse of power to remove an ambassador for political reasons because you don't like what they're doing." pic.twitter.com/kg8PbwwXfr

— The Hill (@thehill) November 6, 2019

Eric Swalwell is a House Democrat from California who sits on the House Intelligence Committee and Judiciary Committee and was, for a few months, a presidential candidate earlier this spring and summer.

It seems impossible for someone to be so ignorant as to make this claim. Particularly someone on the House Intelligence Committee and Judiciary Committee. But the alternative is that he will deliberately lie in order to mislead.

Even if one did not already know, there it is in Wikipedia:

Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated as ambassadors by the President to serve as United States diplomats to individual nations of the world, to international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Their appointment needs to be confirmed by the United States Senate. An ambassador can be appointed during a recess, but he or she can only serve as ambassador until the end of the next session of Congress unless subsequently confirmed. Ambassadors serve "at the pleasure of the President", meaning they can be dismissed at any time. Appointments change regularly for various reasons, such as reassignment or retirement.

Nominated by the President, confirmed by the Senate, and serving at the pleasure of the President. Seems straight forward. So straight-forward that even a Congressman would understand.

Swalwell is either ignorant or feigning ignorance of the current process for appointing and removing ambassadors. He is not speaking off the cuff. This is a prepared statement for a planned event. It is not an accidental of misspeaking. It is either ignorance or deliberate deception, one or the other.

He also appears to be feigning ignorance of history. As in the fact that Obama removed 44 hold-over ambassadors after his first inauguration. As usually happens when the Executive branch changes parties.

In an era of instant access to knowledge and instant transmission of what one says, it would seem like old adages would have even more relevance. Like Proverbs 17:28 (King James Version)

Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Or in the new International Version

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Or, more colloquially

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

Perhaps Swalwell will walk back his claim. I doubt it. The Great Revealing continues.