I suppose we had to eventually reach FARCE_MAX in the coverage of sh**hole-gate but I didn’t think it would end like this. My personal bet was that it would fade away and we would look back at the arguing over whether President Trump said sh**hole or sh**house as the logical end even though the real logical end was the moment when the first person insisted Haiti is not one of those countries.

Just now Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker may have just driven a stake through the heart of sh**hole-gate as anything other than a joke.

Booker said he cried when Durbin called him to tell him about what happened in the White House meeting.

— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) January 16, 2018

You’re sh***ing me, right? Big, fat rage-y tears?

“When Dick Durbin called me, I had tears of rage,” Booker says. “And for you not to feel that hurt and that pain and to dismiss the questions of my colleagues … with tens of millions Americans hurting right now because they’re worried about what happened in the White House.” pic.twitter.com/0MS9t8WWM0

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 16, 2018

The only thing that could make this more ridiculous would be if Booker was speaking in a Foghorn Leghorn voice. I think whatever acting school Booker attended needs to give him his money back.

Only one actor has touched my heart the way Cory Booker did today. pic.twitter.com/KWfm6Wwc7W

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 16, 2018

Cory Booker hasn't cried this much since T-Bone died. https://t.co/KR7E3olZEw

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 16, 2018

Cory Booker when Dick Durbin called him with the Oval Office conversation news pic.twitter.com/2LONDduHMM

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 16, 2018

Shot of Cory Booker, upon receiving word that Donald Trump had used the term "s***hole countries" pic.twitter.com/5mjz5HBl0O

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) January 16, 2018

https://twitter.com/cochinalatina/status/953335493437075457

"FOR THE LAST TIME, THESE ARE WHAT JAZZ HANDS ARE" pic.twitter.com/jsi4hO4JYj

— Ben McDonald (@Bmac0507) January 16, 2018

The only good news is this over-the-top performance probably cost him any shot he had at running for president.