Only saw snippets. Well a big part of the political job in democracies is building rapport by creating the impression of similarity in order to get support. 

I don’t know about the absolute state of American society but maybe they did well from that point of view 😅 

 Perhaps...but for me they came across as disingenuous and phony...

(Really wanted to like Lummis...was quite disappointed) 

 I can understand this