• @rockSlayer
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    The Long Island representative was arrested in May on charges of wire fraud, money laundering, and lying to Congress. In October, a superseding indictment added additional charges related to an identity theft and money laundering scheme involving his campaign.

    Nice job, republicans. You just cosigned this behavior.

    • Flying Squid
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      511 months ago

      Then again, if lying to congress was considered unethical, they’d all be expelled.

  • @hark
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    5111 months ago

    Disband the ethnics committee then because they clearly don’t have any.

    • Joecool2087
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      I believe that some Republicans would argue that we have too many “ethnics” already.

  • Jaysyn
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    2811 months ago

    No surprise, they’ll wait till he actually has a cellmate before losing his vote in Congress. He’s being charged with wire fraud, he’s fucked.

    Republicans
    Chairman Michael Guest, Mississippi

    David P. Joyce, Ohio

    John H. Rutherford, Florida

    Andrew R. Garbarino, New York

    Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota

    Democrats
    Ranking Member Susan Wild, Pennsylvania

    Veronica Escobar, Texas

    Mark DeSaulnier, California

    Deborah K. Ross, North Carolina

    Glenn F. Ivey, Maryland

  • Billiam
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    2511 months ago

    “Republicans fail to hold themselves accountable” is the not-newsiest of the not-news.

    • @Mostly_Gristle
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      511 months ago

      It’s basically the entire point of fascist movements: to create an in-group who is protected by the law but not bound by it, and an out-group who is bound by the law but not protected by it. The hypocrisy isn’t just endemic, it’s foundational.

  • @dhork
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    2211 months ago

    It makes sense, didn’t he place fifth in Figure Skating at the Olympics in Turin, Italy?

  • @postmateDumbass
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    11 months ago

    Truth, Justice, and The American Way.

    3 seperate and distinct concepts.

  • @Fades
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    1611 months ago

    Of course they are, they always were going to just like Ken Paxton in TX. The only difference here is that they really couldn’t afford to lose him because of the D/R distribution

    Fucking pathetic

    • @[email protected]
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      511 months ago

      Power is too important in their minds. They don’t care about the means, costs, or consequences as long as they have power

  • @AllonzeeLV
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    1211 months ago

    Is there a federal politician who isn’t a con artist?

  • @Burn_The_Right
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    1111 months ago

    He accurately represents conservatives. So, they do not see his behavior as unethical.

  • @FReddit
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    911 months ago

    Ethics committee, my ass.

  • @[email protected]
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    Well that sets a nice example… On the plus side I assume we will soon disband the ethics committee and everyone will receive a back payment tax refund for all funds directed to this group since it is now emperically proven to be useless.