Refusing to attend Congressional hearings on adversarial meddling in the 2016 elections, Google executives are showing disdain for the people alongside a distinct absence of patriotism.

While the CEO of Twitter and the COO of Facebook are both in attendance at Wednesday’s hearings, neither Alphabet CEO Larry Page nor Google CEO Sundar Pichai could be bothered to show up. Their arrogance deserves much criticism. And we should be clear that this is arrogance. With foreign adversaries using Google’s platforms for hostile purposes, both Page and Pichai should have at least explained what they’re doing to address these threats. In offering only to send a senior counsel, they instead showed an interest only in keeping their names out of the news.