>just a slow decline into incompetence.

Give them some credit, it’s been quite rapid.

when were they anything other than incompetent?

Remember when that was considered an actual issue in 2016? I remember congressional hearings over this.

For those who decried Hillary's E-Mail server but fail to apply the same standards to the current administration, it was never a real issue to begin with. Just performative nonsense.

And it's not a coincidence that they're also the ones who shout about "meritocracy" the loudest.