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The party of self-righteousness is also, not surprisingly, the party of corruption. Democrats routinely engage in the most flagrantly corrupt actions, apparently secure in the knowledge that Old Joe Biden’s resolutely corrupt “Justice” Department will not pause its terror investigations of parents protesting at school board meetings long enough to do anything serious in response. Now, however, a Republican congressman has introduced a bill that would change all that. It has no chance whatsoever of becoming law, however, and that in itself is telling.
Fox News reported Friday that Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) has introduced the “Oversight for Members And Relatives (OMAR) Act.” This act derives its name, of course, from the winsome and patriotic Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mogadishu), the far-Left media darling who has funneled massive amounts of campaign money to the firm of her latest husband (who is not her brother). The OMAR Act would “prohibit campaign compensation from certain committees from going to candidates’ spouses,” and would “require the disclosure of campaign compensation to candidates’ immediate family members.”
Tiffany explained sensibly: “Regardless of political party, we should all be able to agree that running for political office shouldn’t be part of a family enrichment scheme. Public officials should serve their constituents; they shouldn’t be serving up a plate of campaign cash to their spouse. The OMAR Act will help restore public confidence in Congress and prevent politicians from pocketing their campaign funds.” It’s hard to imagine why any elected representative would be against that. Don’t they want, at the very least, to give the appearance of rectitude? Don’t they want to at least appear to be trustworthy? Or has the corruption and the Democrats’ impunity in these latter days advanced to the point where they don’t even feel the need to look as if they’re behaving uprightly?
A cosponsor of the bill, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), further elucidated the commonsense nature of this initiative when he declared: “Members of Congress should not be able to enrich themselves by paying their spouses with campaign money. It’s crazy this is even legal in the first place.” You can say that again, Mike. “This bill puts an end to this despicable practice and is a common-sense way to restore trust in government and ensure people don’t profit off running for Congress.” Trust in government is at shockingly low levels. One would think our elected officials would want to address that, unless, of course, they don’t feel any need to cultivate that trust anymore.
A third sponsor of the bill, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), added that the “American people want honesty and transparency in campaign finance, and a start to this is ensuring members of Congress don’t funnel campaign money to members of their family. The OMAR Act is a good step in preventing any potential conflicts of interest, such as a Member paying their husband’s consulting firm $2.8 million.”
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Hoi Polloi says
Furthering your cogent designations for traitors like the brother-marrier, I’d like to designate Reps. Tiffany, Gallagher, and Mace in the instance of this necessary legislation as (R-American Patriot and Constitutional Adherence).
This brother-marrier provides a clear illustration of the reason we have so many laws on our books; she and her ilk pervert every possible situation with their ill intent.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Today’s Congressional staffers are better at putting together stinging acronyms spelling out their target than they are in actually nailing the government. There’s OMAR, PELOSI, ELCHAPO, and some others that I’ve probably missed
somehistory says
i. elmi….evil largess=mynett’s income, alias i. omar, is a sleazy snake.
Money donated to her so she can get paid to represent islam in Congress, given to her husband, the co-adulterer, so it actually goes in her own pockets. You just can’t make this stuff up as fast as they can actually carry out the theft, the corruption, the deceit.
The bill may not make it into law due to the fact that one of the biggest crooks is one of the lawmaking body, along with maxine waters…ad others not so prominent…but i. elmi will get what’s coming to her.
i. elmi (somali snake) will collect her just due. And no amount of money will save her from reaping her evil crop.
John Smith says
Imagine if Trump had been paying campaign cash to his wife, the Dems would be going mad about it. But their favourite female, genital, mutilated bitch Ilhan Omar can get away with anything. Nothing would make me happier than to see this evil cow on the next plane to Somalia. She doesn’t deserve to be living the life of luxury paid for by the people and the country she hates so much.
Keith O says
+1
dazzleme says
+1
Walter Sieruk says
Ilhan Omar has much scheming influence to promote her Un-American Islamic ideas ,politics and polices ,specifically Sharia law, upon America .
Omar with her foreign Islamic agenda she desire to impose on America which are in strong contrast to American ideas, values, politic and polices are a matter of concern. Omar with her favoring Sharia law.
Now she has the gall to actually want to replace the July 4th celebration with a Muslim heritage month , that outrageous as well as absurd . Omar that that awful and outlandish goal have completely proven how totally un-American and subversive she actually is
With this type of insidious Islamic infiltration in the US government the wisdom of the former US President, Theodore Roosevelt, very much applies to this serious situation.
In a speech the former President Theodore Roosevelt, rightly, declared, “There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only one hundred percent Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else.”
In addition, Omar is so terrible and such a danger to US Homeland Security that even an American imam had described Omar as “ISIS with lipstick.” [1]
[1] THUMP CARD by Dinesh D’ Souza , video documentary.
Walter Sieruk says
That Muslim politician ,Ilhan Omar is very anti-Jewish and likewise very anti- Israel, as seen in those anti- Israel foreign policies she always keeps on pushing for. Therefore Omar is ,in essences, un-American . As former US President, William Howard Taft, wisely, declared in a speech that “Anti-Semitism is a noxious weed that should be cut out it has no place in America.”
Keith O says
What is truly pathetic, is the fact that a law has to be made to stop this level of corruption within the American political system.
It would seem that Americas political masters, from all sides, are simply self serving thieves.
Linde B. says
Ilhan Omar and her campaign team might want to use this slogan in her next election: “Help Turn Minneapolis Into Mogadishu;
Re-Elect Ilhan Omar.” ??
gravenimage says
OMAR Act Would Stop Ilhan From Paying Campaign Cash to Her Hubby
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Hope this passes. This is deep corruption.
Hoi Polloi says
+1
OLD GUY says
Washington D,C, has to be the corruption capital of the world.
dazzleme says
What I want to know is why she is not in jail or sent back to her shithole country????