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The “Tommy” shown in this viral video from Abdul El-Sayed is a former staffer for Sen. Josh Hawley and the son of a GOP strategist. For nearly five minutes, El-Sayed questioned the man about his understanding of the Constitution and the religious freedom it affords all Americans. Simply brilliant.

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“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

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Mike Johnson: “It's kind of quiet around here. It has been for the last several days. It's very unfortunate.” Brennan: “Well, you did send your lawmakers home to their districts.” Courtesy of @acyn.bsky.social

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There is much to admire in Abdul El-Sayed's response to the GOP plant in his audience. But one of the most deft things he did was to point out (twice) that our Constitution protects our right to follow *no* religion, thereby casting Christian nationalist Tommy as the actual religious extremist.

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