Cori Bush (D) hit with ethics complaint re: abuse of government resources for her campaign

Squadette and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO-BLM-LGBTQ+1) faces an ethics complaint that alleges she used government resources for campaign purposes. This, of course, is in violation of House rules, but since when did rules matter to the left?

The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) lodged the complaint on Thursday with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) asking for a prompt investigation as to whether Bush misused government resources from a campaign social media account, and thus violated the rules.

[H/T Fox News Digital]

"Rep. Bush's abuse of official resources for political purposes shows a flagrant disregard for the law," FACT executive director Kendra Arnold told Fox News Digital. "These laws and ethics rules are in place to maintain the integrity of official proceedings, so members cannot leverage them for political advantage." 

"The violation we have documented in our complaint is clear and obvious, and after confirming through investigation, we hope the OCE moves swiftly to impose the proper penalty," Arnold told the outlet. 

FACT's complaint states that Bush "disrupted official House proceedings with outrageous and unprofessional behavior and then campaigned and fundraised off of it." 

But at least she didn't go all out anti-Israel at the time.

On July 31st, Bush promoted a C-SPAN video from her campaign's Twitter account showing her on the House floor shouting about "racist bills" as House Majority Leader Steve Scalise spoke. In the tweet, Bush added that the bills are also "sexist, patriarchal, xenophobic, classist, homophobic, and transphobic."

Of course the bills are nothing like she accused them of being, but nevertheless, Bush posted a link to donate to her campaign and that's the case against her.

House ethics rules prohibit congressional members from using official resources for campaign or political purposes and FACT noted that  "official resources" are anything taxpayers fund, including photographs and video from the House floor or committee proceedings.

In addition, politicians are to keep campaigns, official websites and social media accounts separate.

"The legal violation in this case is obvious and there are no facts that can excuse it—Bush used official House proceedings and resources for political purposes," the complaint states. "Video of official house floor proceedings is an official resource, and both using it for political purposes and posting it on a campaign social media account are violations of the ethics rules."

"It is irrelevant that Bush obtained this video from CSPAN because a Member cannot use official footage even if it is obtained or reposted from another entity," it continues. "The fact that Bush uses this video on her campaign social media account and directly fundraises off of it shows a complete disrespect for the law."

But due to Bush's Democratic Party affiliation, the worst outcome for her will likely be a rolling of the eyes and a clucking of the tongue by fellow socialists.



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