Scottsville, Virginia, not Scottsdale
Well done, Tom. The competition is always stiff, but you came out a wiener! 
This behavior should put Garrett in the running for an award from the GOP for āBest Misuse of Elective Office.ā
The Republicans admire this sort of thing, and lots of other Gopers will emulate it.
You can see how this kind of thing happens, especially with people who have egos of the kind required to run for congress these days. You ask staff to do you a favor, or you have an important appearance and need a clean tie THIS INSTANT, or whatever, and then it gets to be a habit, and it expandsā¦
But itās also wrong and potentially a federal crime. Which is why congressional leadership should be warning incoming legislators not to go down that road, and should be monitoring to make sure they donāt.
Oh, right, GOP.
Will there be a āBest Misuse of Appointed Officeā category, I think this one would have the most competition.
āUnsurprisingly, staffers left in hoardsā¦ā. Seriously, āhoardsā? For Christās sake, itās āhordesā. Would TPM please hire at least one proof reader?
Garrettās a solid Rethugliklan. He seems nice.
I āthoughtā this stuff was illegal in the Houseā¦or maybe ānot-permittedā would be better. Donāt these people āallā have the right to take him to HR or whatever they call that House Cmte which governs this kind of stuff? I mean when all the crap-ola re the sex harassment pay-offs happened I thought I read MANY of the complaints were about being forced to do these kinds of house-keeping things?
LMAO. So funny. So true. So sad. Nice article!
And I thought I was a curmudgeon. You know how few sources publish this sort of content and how few users of TPM pay for it? And that is all you have about an amusing and informative article? I thank my stars regularly that the talented staff of TPM did not check their principles at the door when they chose their profession/employer.
Punctuation goes inside the quotation marks, Gus.
Isnāt there a name for this principle ā grammar Naziās always have to make one grammar mistake in their post pointing out someone elseās grammar mistake? Poeās law for grammar Naziās or sometthing?
Finally. FINALLY. We in Charlottesville are used to being referred to in the national press as āthat place where the Naziās attacked.ā Now we can be known as āthat place with the Congressman who makes his staffer scoop up dog doo-doo.ā Thank you, Tom Garrett!
While weāre on the topic, this is perhaps Tom Garrettās greatest hit: A smiling picture with noted local white supremacist Jason Kessler (red tie), March 2017, as the latter was organizing the āUnite the Rightā rally, which brought that swarm of Naziās to Charlottesville that August and resulted in the death of three people. The meeting was to support the RAISE act, which would have cut legal immigration to the US in half. (Full disclosure: Garrett later denounced this guy. I guess he deserves a medal. In addition to a Golden Duke.)
He has done basically nothing for the 5th District. He does little for rural people who could often use internet access. His approach has been basically an emotional appeal to base instincts and fear. He has been pretty much a useless pawn. The 5th deserves better. No leadership. No principles. Just mailing it in and staying under cover when the spot light was on the 5th last summer. Not sure why he even ran in the first place. Maybe a good DC Lobby gig was always the goal.
Talk about an abuse of power. This creep deserves to lose. Btw why do so many of these guys look like Blake Farenhold?
Stand down guy.
Maybe they hoard their love for Josh? Iām a Prime member by the way.
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It is a good article, but TPMās contempt for copy-editing is a frequent annoyance for this paying customerā¦ donāt even get me started on Joshās posts, where some of the best political analysis on the web has to be deciphered from in between all the typosā¦
(Adding)- and yes, smart analysis strewn with typos is still preferable to vapid takes perfectly edited.