Donald Trump’s Ability to Capture the Republican Nomination is an Eternal Mystery
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Finally, honesty and integritude in government:
On the eve of the official start of the new Congress, Republican members of the House moved to gut Congress’ independent ethics office, raising questions among ethics watchdogs about the GOP’s commitment to make good on Donald Trump’s promises to “drain the swamp” and hold Washington officials accountable.
In a vote conducted by secret ballot in the House’s Rules Committee Monday night, members voted in favor of an amendment that would absorb the independent Office of Congressional Ethics into the House’s Committee on Ethics, putting the group directly under a committee of members of Congress, whom the office is expected to investigate.
If they were capable of embarrassment, this really should embarrass the journos who concluded that Hillary Clinton’s EMAILS! were more important that every substantive issue put together. But not only this will not happen, the next time there’s a Democratic administration expect the media to dutifully chase each and every snipe hunt House Republicans set up yet again, no matter how obviously partisan the investigations are and how devoid of content virtually all of them are.
Oh, and of course, Paul Ryan’s reputation for integritude and seriousity must not be breached:
House Speaker Paul Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy both opposed the measure in a Monday night meeting, the Washington Post reported.
If Ryan and McCarthy stop the amendment from being enacted, this is meaningful. If they don’t, and they almost certainly won’t, their “opposition” means shit. But look at Speaker Ryan’s hang-dog expression! He’s learned his lesson! Let’s buy him a pony and praise his plan to massively cut upper-class taxes and strip health care from tens of millions of people as a serious plan to reduce the deficit!