In a letter to the Senate Select Committee on
Ethics, the Kentucky Democratic Party is calling for an investigation
into whether Mitch McConnell used official government resources to
solicit contributions to his reelection campaign.
The letter reads in part:
Mitch McConnell is no stranger to unethical behavior. In 2013, CREW
summed up McConnell’s ethical issues, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch
McConnell (r-KY) is a five-term senator from Kentucky. His ethics issues
stem from his possible use of Senate staff and resources to conduct
opposition research for his campaign. He was included in CREW’s 2007,
2008, and 2009 reports on congressional corruption for unrelated
matters.”
Kentucky repugicans launched their own complaint
against Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes with the FEC that accused her
of renting her campaign bus from her father at a below market rate. If
this is true, the bus would be an illegal campaign gift.
Selling access to the Senate Dining Room is
felonious degree of corruption. The fact that repugicans can only
answer this serious charge by talking about a bus demonstrates the
severity of the potential offense. None of this will be settled before
Election Day, but it is extremely doubtful that the Senate Ethic
Committee will get involved before November.
The Kentucky Senate race has gotten very ugly. Mitch
McConnell has been corrupt for decades, but he has become so safe in
his incumbency that he confidently flaunts his crimes out in the open. The repugicans call President Obama a dictator and a king. They talk about
impeachment for fantasy offenses, but it is their own Senate leader who
is abusing his office and public resources to stay in power.
Instead of measuring the drapes in the Majority Leader’s office, Sen. McConnell deserves to be fitted for an orange jumpsuit.
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