"Let’s face it- we live in a depraved culture. I didn’t want to believe it at first, but I fear God may allow our nation to enter into a time of judgment for our collective sins," he said.
Is that the punishment applied in similar cases? Can you show me a couple examples of house representatives being removed after ethics issues of roughly this magnitude?
Really? Then it should be easy for you to find a couple examples, right?
For the record, I understand the ethics violation to be the acceptance of gifts in the 4-digit range. I wouldn’t count that as “fairly severe”, but if you have examples of similar ethics violations being classified as such, I’ll happily change my mind.
To keep the comparison going, Santos’ fraud seems to have been in the 6 digits:
In addition, understanding that the national party committee relied on FEC fundraising data to evaluate candidates’ qualification for the program, Santos and Marks agreed to falsely report to the FEC that Santos had loaned the campaign significant sums of money, when, in fact, Santos had not made the reported loans and, at the time the loans were reported, did not have the funds necessary to make such loans. These false reported loans included a $500,000 loan, when Santos had less than $8,000 in his personal and business bank accounts.
If AOC ethics violation with 4 digits was “fairly severe”, Santos must be at least majorly severe, right? Why do the majority of house republicans not want him expelled for major ethics violations, much bigger than AOCs?
“Even after OCE’s exhaustive review of the congresswoman’s personal communications, there is no record of the congresswoman refusing to pay for these expenses,” said Hitt. “To the contrary, there are several explicit, documented communications, from prior to OCE’s review, that show the congresswoman understood that she had to pay for these expenses from her own personal funds—as she ultimately did. We are confident the Ethics Committee will dismiss this matter."
The majority of house republicans wants him to stay. Literally, more house republicans disagree with what you just wrote than agree with it.
But again, I’m not trying to employ any whataboutisms here. List some of AOCs ethical issues, and I’ll disavow her here and now.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2023/03/02/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-likely-violated-ethics-laws-with-met-gala-appearance-says-house-ethics-office/?sh=425b8cb43693
I hereby disavow AOC for this ethical issue, she should be punished appropriately.
So you approve her being removed ?
Is that the punishment applied in similar cases? Can you show me a couple examples of house representatives being removed after ethics issues of roughly this magnitude?
Most resign. Very few people are removed. It’s not a minor violation. It’s fairly severe.
Really? Then it should be easy for you to find a couple examples, right?
For the record, I understand the ethics violation to be the acceptance of gifts in the 4-digit range. I wouldn’t count that as “fairly severe”, but if you have examples of similar ethics violations being classified as such, I’ll happily change my mind.
To keep the comparison going, Santos’ fraud seems to have been in the 6 digits:
If AOC ethics violation with 4 digits was “fairly severe”, Santos must be at least majorly severe, right? Why do the majority of house republicans not want him expelled for major ethics violations, much bigger than AOCs?
“Even after OCE’s exhaustive review of the congresswoman’s personal communications, there is no record of the congresswoman refusing to pay for these expenses,” said Hitt. “To the contrary, there are several explicit, documented communications, from prior to OCE’s review, that show the congresswoman understood that she had to pay for these expenses from her own personal funds—as she ultimately did. We are confident the Ethics Committee will dismiss this matter."
Are we all reading the same shit?
What a monster
For anyone who doesn’t want to read the article, AOC stands accused of failing to pay for hairstyling and possibly a dress.
Eventually she did pay, as far as I can tell.