GOP Strategy: Hate the Rules, So Change the Rules to Ensure We Always Win

Santos elated: Congressional Ethics Office Gutted

(Source: GOP Dirty Tricks Playbook Chap. 1)

You want some pathetic irony – then this SALON story lays it on thick with this headline:

“I think it's fantastic: George Santos is very happy the GOP just voted to gut ethics office”

The new GOP House passed a new set of rules that weaken the ability of the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate ethics-related complaints about members of Congress, and Santos says: “It's fantastic.”

Why would he say that? Well, Santos himself faces ethics scrutiny for fabricating his educational and professional background and pushing out falsehoods about having Jewish heritage and monetary scams and such, and now he faces at least two Office of Congressional Ethics complaints related to his financial disclosures. 

FYI: The Office of Congressional Ethics is an independent body, established in 2008, that investigates complaints about sitting members of Congress. 

It then determines whether certain allegations are worth investigating further and then refers them to the House Ethics Committee, which is divided evenly between Republicans and Democrats.

But the recent rules package put forward by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) imposes term limits of eight years for board members. Any board members who have exceeded those term limits would be removed.

This would force out three of four Democratic-appointed members, and restrict the board's ability to hire professional staff for the first 30 days of the new congressional session. 

This can undermine its investigative powers for at least the next two years, according to sources familiar with the matter. 

The changes come as four House Republicans, including McCarthy, have been referred for a review by the January 6 select committee for violating congressional ethics rules by defying subpoenas issued as part of the January 6 investigation.

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My 2 Cents: Of course Santos is happy about this law change made by his corrupt GOP, including McCarthy and three other members who now will probably escape Ethics investigations.

These new GOP rules get them off the legal hook as it were.

So, welcome to the “new” GOP: Hate laws, just change the rules or law; then break them to fit your new freedom from being touched. Clever. Kind of Trump-like, isn’t it?

Well, more nasty ugly revengeful GOP nonsense lies ahead – get ready - it ain't gonna be pretty.

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