Ignorant or willful it's hard to say, but the Globe's analysis here is pretty much 180 degrees wrong.
The hearings yesterday were an unqualified success for the Trump side.
They got testimony that will block off wiggle-room for later testimony about wire taps.  
They got Comey to say that much of what has been reported about Russian activity is false.
They got that there were no legally-obtained taps on Trump, i.e. he was not under legitimate purposeful surveillance.
It's no wonder all Democrats seemed shell shocked.