[vaylian]

I think they just ask questions for the sake of asking questions. Had FB picked any other language, I am fairly certain that it would have been scrutinized as well.

Are politicians concerned about Libra? I think so. But I also think that they try to "attack" it from all possible angles and the programming language is one of these angles. Because if Libra gets out of hand, they do not want to be responsible for not having done their due diligence.