"Obviously What You're doing is Absolutely-Untouchably-Blatantly LEGAL..but I Need You to Explain Why, Serf!"

What exactly makes politicians think they can ask private actors to do things and then get mad when those actors don't do the thing requested? (I mean, I realize what makes them do that generally (egomania, insecurity, people-pleasing, borderline personality disorder etc.) but what exactly makes them do that?)

And these pols never ask these folks to stop, ya know, hitting kittens with criquet paddles, or shoving old ladies into the street, it always seems to be requests to stop doing obviously legal things.

Pretty rich too that this member of Congress expects better explanations as to the legality of the activities of private citizens than he does as to the President starting wars.