@gemswinc @sfleetucker I would like to point out that within a couple of weeks of being the new candidate, Harris made campaign promises, got donations from big donors, then tempered some of her promises after they expressed their wishes to the contrary.
And this is one of the "good ones".
So think about alllllllll the other people sitting in Congress with a D or an R next to their name, when they should really be wearing a badge with a big L on it for "lobbyist".
@sfleetucker lock his criminal ass up.
' He is one of 47 “well-connected people” who funneled $77 million in funds away from their intended recipients in one of the poorest states in the country, '
@sfleetucker Oh well, since you have Parkinson's, I suppose we should just let you off for being a horrible POS and stealing from the poor?
Alternately, NO. Instead, how about every time you step out in public, people remind you of what a horrible thieving POS you are? That seems like a better idea to me. #politics
@sfleetucker I know of a lot of people who have been diagnosed with Parkinson that do not arrange to steal welfare funds for themselves
If Brett wanted to insult every family dealing with a loved one that Parkinson, he did a great job
@sfleetucker Its a sad turn of events for him, but the story is about him testifying about misappropriated funds he took in part for speaking engagements he never gave. In one version of this story he says he wasn't aware it was taxpayer money. But never raises concern he was paid for work he didn't perform. So he's a weasel, he just doesn't want to be called a specific type of weasel.
@Fellixe He's trying to use his medical diagnosis as an out for his crime, and that's a nogo.
If he had been stealing medication he couldn't afford, I'd be sympathetic, but this was just theft for the sake of money.
@sfleetucker Some call it networking, getting oneself into cahoots with people who are all deep into stealing and looking down on those too powerless to join their grift. I don't know that he's using his diagnosis as an excuse but he definitely brought it up in a context where he's relying on it for sympathy and that's bad enough for me. He could have used his position and influence to reveal this in a setting that drew attention to the issue and drove a solution but instead he chose this.
@sfleetucker Corruption is an epidemic