It's not that the GOP doesn't know where to draw the line. It’s that they no longer have one. (via MaddowBlog)
local, state, federal and international investigations, but he hasn’t yet been indicted. To hear the speaker tell it, that’s roughly where the line currently rests: If Santos is found to have broken the law, GOP leaders will act. If not, the scandal-plagued liar will remain a Republican lawmaker in good standing.First, it’s generally not up to the House Ethics Committee to make formal determinations about whether members have violated criminal statutes.
Second, Schiff and Swalwell also deserve the presumption of innocence — McCarthy’s accusations against themBut perhaps most important is the evolution in the Republican Party’s standards. As welast week, after the GOP reclaimed the House majority in the 2010 midterm elections, party leaders announced a “zero-tolerance policy” for members caught up in embarrassing controversies that reflected poorly on the institution.
Those standards were put to the test quickly: Just one month into the new Congress, then-Rep. Chris Lee of New York was caught trying to meet women through the personals section of Craigslist. GOP leaders urged him to resign,Note, they didn’t say his constituents voted for him. They didn’t wait on a House Ethics Committee investigation. They didn’t consider whether the controversy rose to “a legal level.” Lee was deemed an embarrassment, and his party showed him the door.
The congressman got caught in an ugly mess — not a criminal matter, but a personal scandal — and that was enough for Republicans to call for his resignation at the time. All of which leaves us with a simple question for McCarthy: Why does the GOP leadership have weaker standards now than a decade ago?
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