WFB: A nonpartisan ethics watchdog hit Rep. T.J. Cox (D., Calif.) with an ethics complaint Wednesday for using the power of his office to score free tickets into Yosemite National Park on the Fourth of July.
“The ethics rules do not allow Members to use their official position for private or political purposes, i.e., to obtain tickets not available to the general public under the guise of official business,” said Kendra Arnold, the executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT). “Given the circumstances and evidence, it certainly appears that Congressman Cox used his official position to circumvent the normal process all citizens have to go through. He then attempted to justify his trip by releasing a political video lobbying for a bill, which, by nature, would not qualify as official business.”
Arnold added that an investigation should be opened to reveal the purpose of the congressman’s trip, who was with him, and what funds were used for it.
After first being denied passes to Yosemite, Cox convinced the Park Service he needed the passes for official government business. Cox tweeted a picture on July 4 of him and his family enjoying what appears to be Yosemite. more
He looks like a run of the mill leftist slimeball.
Meh. California rep, so this is standard. Let’s just give him three fast rabbit punches to his left testicle and call it a day. The punches should be delivered by a professional boxer/kickboxer/or Chuck Norris.
Ummm, a white male, yep, let’s hang him. Now Sheila Jackson Lee stealing an airline seat from a paid customer, she is a card-carrying member of an oppressed group, nothing to see here, moving along;
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bumped-united-passenger-fires-back-at-rep-jackson-lees-racism-charge-airline
Yet one more example of why we need term limits, the arrogance of these spoiled elites is unsufferable.
This behavior is among the defining characteristics of Democrat and establishment Republican politicians.
Damn, what fun is it to be an elected rep and not be able to take advantage of the office in order to score some goodies that the other common folks don’t get! Hey Pelosi, what the holy hell is going on anyway? Are you in charge or what? Maybe we need AOC to run things around here!
An ethics complaint investigated by the Office of Congressional Ethics is sure going to run an unbiased, non-partison investigation and will find the Congressman not guilty of any charges. The OCE is just the Congress’s bitch ready at all times to bury any complaint against one of the members.
I wondered what happened to the Geico Caveman!