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Trey Gowdy, Republican representative from South Carolina who served as chairman for the United States House Select Committee on Benghazi, got more than a little attention for himself while questioning FBI Director James Comey today. See, while Comey is opening up an official inquiry into the Trump campaign's ties with Russia, Gowdy is more concerned about jailing journalists who report on it. (Priorities, you know?)

You'd be forgiven for not catching that pretty major twist because the Republican party simultaneously unleashed another distraction: Trey Gowdy's hair. We're not entirely sure what he's trying to convey with the buzzed length and the weird pushed forward style with side-swept bangs, but it's certainly... something.

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And as was pointed out online, this is hardly the first offense, it's merely the most recent manifestation of Gowdy's bad haircuts. He has a long history of perplexing hairstyles, and even, late last year, made a mock video lampooning himself. So, he's aware of the problem and yet either (1) refuses to fix it, or (2) seems to think this new haircut is an improvement.

UNITED STATES - JUNE 28: Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the Select Committee on Benghazi, conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center, June 28, 2016, to announce the Committee's report on the 2012 attacks in Libya that killed four Americans. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)Tom Williams

Here's Gowdy giving some serious Draco Malfoy hair during a news conference last year.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 08: Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chairman of the Benghazi Committee walks to a closed door hearing on Capitol Hill, January 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. The committee is investigating the 2012 attack at the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi,ÊLibya. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Mark Wilson

Here's a boy band faux-hawk gone terribly wrong.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 22:Rep. Trey Gowdy(R-SC) grills former Internal Revenue Service Commisioner Douglas Schulman as officials face the House Oversight Committee on May, 22, 2013 in Washington, DC.(Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)The Washington Post

Not sure what's going on here, but I'm going to call it a modified mullet.

With Spicer's suits, Trump's ties, and now Gowdy's hair, it sure seems like the GOP is becoming one with contestants on The Bachelorette. Makes you miss the days when Obama's mom jeans were the worst style offense around, right?

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