More than a month after pleading guilty to lining his pockets with campaign dollars, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) still represents more than 700,000 Californians in Washington, D.C.
Duncan, Duncan, Duncan, be a good boy and go now to avoid further embarrassment.
What do you call a convicted felon member of Congress?
A Republican.
Only in America… Estranged husband leaks revenge porn, immediate resignation.
Guilty plea to misusing campaign funds to have multiple extramarital relationships with lobbyists, nothing.
And the rest of the caucus seems fine with it, doesn’t even bother to expel him from the caucus or anything.
How can we miss you unless you leave.
Go home, and then go to jail!
Tough to give up the paycheck.
A cynic–not me, but a cynic–might say he fits right in.
Add to the laugh-out-loud file for the next time R’s profess love for the rule of law.
I wasn’t gonna read the article. I was just gonna go with the headline on this one because it seems obvious that he’s hanging around for the money (nothing else seems to matter much to this asshole anyway). Then I read the article because its one of those short ones, and boom, there it is:
The AP pointed out that members of Congress receive a paycheck on the first day of every month; Hunter presumably pocketed a new check at the start of the new year.
I got BINGO! What do I win?
If you ask me, (and no one is) he should just be kicked out now. The reasons are obvious and no explanation is necessary because he already confessed. The End.
Why wasn’t he thrown out of the House as soon as the guilty plea was entered?
Especially when you have exactly Nothing to fall back on. He’s absolutely without any credible skills or prospects. Too old to go back in the military and has no other way to make a buck. Had he quit a long time ago he might have gotten a lobbying gig but not now.
Ah, that sweet, sweet
Taxpayer teat . . .
Hey now! He didn’t lie. He said after the holidays.
We still have MLK Day, President’s Day, Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter…
Maybe he’s hoping we’ll all just kinda forget, what with war in the Middle East, entire continents on fire, and such?
Well then I bet there is some Congressional procedural option to start withholding his paychecks until such time as he has served his court appointed punishment or he names the date of his leaving. Gotta start to get serious with the affluenza white males.
Yeah, so if I steal $150,000 and get caught I can expect to not only remain free, but I also will keep my job too. Do I have that right?
I’m calling his office today to ask when he’s leaving my representatives office.
I’ll probably have to call everyday for a month til his sentencing. Which means he’ll be stealing another paycheck in Feb.
Have I said how much I dispise republicans lately?
It’s a lot.
Depends on whether you’re a Republican or not. GOP brand is now squarely centered on criminality and grift.
A good question. Lets see…
Article I (Legislative)
Section 5
2: Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
Total D seats: 232
Total R seats: 198
Vacant: 4
Total required for “the Concurrence of two thirds”: 287
Chances of any Republican voting to expel this thieving POS: 0
The legislature is adjourned.
