The easiest way to get people’s attention is to make someone mad, and a direct insult is just about the easiest at that. He wants republicans’ attention, so he insults a republican darling.
That is all there is to this.
“…do you think an ideal form of government would be where the technocrat in charge of any department sticks his thumb in the air and gauges public opinion on every serious issue before doing his job?”
Isn’t that literally how it’s supposed to work with elected officials? And in this case, we’re talking about the public opinion of the people who voted for the official.
Shut the fuck up
Edit: It has got to be tiring making an excuse every time somebody criticizes you. Don’t you ever wonder why everybody who speaks to you just happens to fall into a category that you can just write them off?
You mean he did what he was elected to do and voted in the will of the people who voted for him?