GOP zeal for congressional oversight has faded when it comes to Donald Trump and its a scandal

[babylonsister]

http://www.salon.com/2016/11/30/gop-zeal-for-congressional-oversight-has-faded-when-it-comes-to-donald-trump-and-its-a-scandal/

GOP zeal for congressional oversight has faded when it comes to Donald Trump — and it’s a scandal
Republicans were going to scourge Hillary Clinton over those emails, win or lose. Now they're telling us to chill
Heather Digby Parton

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This all seems rather strange, doesn’t it? There are much bigger fish to fry these days. Indeed, there is a Great White Whale out there by the name of Donald Trump, a man with so many conflicts of interest and potential national security transgressions it would be a full-time job for any congressional oversight committee to find out just what and where they all are.

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But what about Chaffetz, the man whose supposed commitment to the principle of congressional oversight led him to declare that he would chase Clinton to the ends of the earth? Surely a man of such integrity would never let partisanship interfere with his sacred duty to hold the powerful to account?

Well, it seems he isn’t up on the details of the current controversy either. When Chaffetz was asked about it by The Huffington Post’s Matt Fuller, he conflated the issue of the Secret Service’s paying to rent space in Trump Tower with the news that foreign dignitaries are already trying to curry favor with Trump by spending big money at his new D.C. hotel. He said he thought there was ample precedent for all this, which came as a surprise to the ranking Democrat on the committee, Elijah Cummings, who said, “He’s operating 111 companies in 18 countries. Come on!”

And that’s what we know about. His domestic conflicts, along with those of his children and his son-in-law are massive as well. Jason Chaffetz, relentless email stalker and enforcer of proper national security practices is remarkably relaxed about Donald Trump’s overwhelmingly complicated ethical problems. Why, if you didn’t know better you might think that all of his pretentious grandstanding over the years was nothing more than political posturing.


There has never been a President more in need of oversight than the one who will be inaugurated in January. This train wreck of an administration could only be helped by adults in his party taking their responsibilities seriously and trying to keep it from running off the rails. From the looks of it, they have all decided to play dumb and behave as if what Trump and his entourage are doing is no big deal. It’s a very big deal indeed. Congressional Republicans are doing their new president, and our country, no favors by concluding that they no longer have a job to do.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Little Jason has so many

skeletons lurking in his closet and there are folks back in his home state waiting to pounce.

[malaise]

2. Scandal yes

Surprise NO

[Dustlawyer]

3. We need to educate Chaffettz's constituency to learn what a partisan hack they have.

We need a complete reset in 2020 with Democratic candidate truly intent on draining the swamp and ending the D.C. money games. Publicly Funded Elections to put our politicians to work for us instead of hosting big fundraisers with quid pro quo's for the main course!