Behavior 1: Spectating. This guy is a member of Congress and if he thinks something about shutdowns “should” be happening, he actually has power to do it. Someone in the press might want to ask him what he plans to do about it:

Behavior 2: “I didn’t read / see that.” Well, if it’s some obscure post on a blog or a newspaper editorial, fair enough. But if it was Trump’s speech, then the follow-up is “as Speaker of the House, aren’t you supposed to know about big political developments?”

Behavior 3: Ignorance of the role of Congress. Russell Vought, the Project 2025 guy, shouldn’t be making any decision about this. It’s been decided long ago, I assume by Congress. Similarly, whenever Trumpers take back money that’s already appropriated, that’s illegal, not something about which a Member of Congress should shake their head and throw up their hands:

This is all just wasted typing effort, because a press that did this is so broken that there’s probably no redemption possible: