Agree. she is stupid, but not as stupid as she looks.
After 9-11, she did some very on target questioning of the Bush administration.
I can't say whether she is evil and part of the cabal, or just a pawn.
Same thing happened in 1995. Hearings on the Waco and Ruby Ridge atrocities turned into a referendum on the NRA. GOP took Congress, but Dems still ran the show.
Get used to it.
there is a reason our government has remained corrupt. Republican committees are paper tigers.