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Ethics Investigation Called For After Democrat Used Voting Proxy To Go To Paris

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2 years ago

October 11, 2022

Democrats in Washington have used the cover of the Covid “health emergency” to get away with anything from forced masking to student loan “forgiveness” over the past two-plus years. But now one Democrat lawmaker is under fire for citing that “emergency” as an excuse to vote by proxy — only to go run off for a Paris vacation.

This past August, Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, requested and was approved to vote by proxy for the wrongly named Inflation Reduction Act because of the “ongoing public health emergency.” But after admitting her real reasoning for the proxy vote was to vacation in Paris, the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT) has called for an investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics into the Democrat for her abuse of the House’s proxy voting rules.

According to FACT, Axne filed a letter with the House Clerk on Aug. 12, 2022, stating, “I am unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing public health emergency and hereby grant the authority to cast my vote by proxy to the Honorable Jennifer Wexton, who has agreed to serve as my proxy.” Her request was approved, and Wexton cast Axne’s ballot in her place, voting in favor of the inflation-intensifying bill.

When an Instagram post from Axne’s son showed the representative and her family in Paris a day before the vote, however, her campaign was asked for the real reason she was voting by proxy, and the post was predictably removed. When questioned later by a reporter on the scandal, Axne admitted that she actually used the proxy to vacation in France with her family — meaning her absence had nothing to do with any “health emergency” and she therefore lied to the House Clerk.

“The deal is I’m a family member, I’m a mom of two boys and my husband,” Axne said. “We have an August session where we were out of session here and I had a trip planned for eight months, and paid for, because that was the only time that I could go, because we were out of session.”

Axne continued her excuse, stating: “Now the Senate finally got their act together and was able to pass something a year after we passed it in the House, and then an emergency vote was called and I was gone. I wanted to make sure that I voted so Iowans could have a voice because we need the Inflation Reduction Act for Iowans, and we needed to make sure we had that vote…”

Not only do the Proxy Vote Rules state that this option may only be used for Covid-19 reasons, but FACT Executive Director Kendra Arnold explained in the organization’s letter that this also violates “basic ethics rules requiring Members to act in a manner that reflects creditably on the House.”

The Office of Congressional Ethics exists to ensure that lawmakers comply with the ethics rules that Axne blatantly violated. Thus Arnold urged “the Board to immediately investigate whether Representative Axne willfully abused the House proxy voting rules and made a false statement to the House Clerk,” to ensure the congresswoman isn’t just another on the long list of Democrats who break the rules without any consequences.

Sophia is an intern at The Federalist and a student at Le Moyne College. She majors in English and intends to pursue a career in journalism.

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SCOTUS Threats Suggest Democrats’ Attacks On The Court Encourage Politically Motivated Terrorism

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1 hour ago

September 20, 2024

Jordan Boyd

A 76-year-old Alaskan man is in custody after he allegedly threatened to assault, kidnap, lynch, torture, murder, and assassinate six of the nine Supreme Court justices. The names of the justices targeted, however, were withheld by the Department of Justice — likely because they confirm Democrats’ incendiary rhetoric against the conservative members of the court is working.

The DOJ announced on Thursday that Panos Anastasiou faces nine counts of making threats against a federal judge and 13 counts of making threats in interstate commerce after he sent more than 465 messages pledging harm against justices via “a public website the court maintained.”

Attorney General Merrick Garland acknowledged in the Thursday press release that the communications were rooted in Anastasiou’s desire to “retaliate against them for decisions he disagreed with.” Yet, neither he nor the Department of Justice memo announcing the arrest identified exactly which of the nine SCOTUS members and their family members were terrorized.

In fact, the DOJ went out of its way in its 11-page September 18 indictment of Anastasiou to disguise which high bench presiders were in danger for upholding their constitutional duties by reducing the justices to numbers “1-6.” Six of the nine sitting SCOTUS justices were nominated to the high bench by Republican presidents.

The document accusing the Alaskan of several felonies, however, shows Anastasiou’s threats were well timed not only with a Democrat-manufactured ethics scandal, but also decisions secured specifically by the court’s conservative majority.

In May, as corporate media ramped up Democrat-manufactured

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NFL Get-Out-The-Vote Initiative Partners With Democrat Activist Groups

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1 hour ago

September 20, 2024

M.D. Kittle

Are you ready for some football?! How about some leftist-led get-out-the-vote (GOTV) games?

Well, you get both with the NFL Votes campaign.

The all-powerful National Football League says the “League-wide, nonpartisan initiative supports and encourages civic engagement among NFL players, and legends, club and league personnel, and fans.” Launched in 2020 as a joint effort between the NFL and NFL Players Association, NFL Votes “focuses on three key components of the electoral process: voter education, voter registration, and voter activation,” according to the league’s website.

Sounds noble enough.

But if you’re scoring along at home, the NFL’s teammates include some of the most left-wing activist organizations on the election field today. Starting on the campaign’s roster is Rock the Vote, Voto Latino, and I am a voter.

Rock the Leftists

Rock the Vote has been around since 1990, when music executives partnered with MTV and celebrities on the “Censorship is Un-American” campaign after foul-mouthed rap acts such as N.W.A and 2 Live Crew brought out an indignant wave of speech silencers.

It was a simpler time, when MTV actually played music videos.

Thrilled by its accomplishment of activating “millions of young people” to turn out to the polls, the leftist nonprofit has parlayed its GOTV successes into a multitude of leftist causes over its 30-plus years in operation — even as targeting the young adult vote remained central to its efforts.

“The group claims to be nonpartisan, but has produced videos throughout the years using celebrities who largely endorse a

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Oprah’s Prime-Time Special With Kamala Harris Was A Shameless Tongue Bath

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4 hours ago

September 20, 2024

Tristan Justice

Oprah Winfrey’s glitzy hour-long special with Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday night was not a feature of a serious presidential campaign, but instead a celebrity-obsessed public relations program intended to win what’s become a popularity contest.

If anyone tuned in to hear a few substantive questions about why Harris has changed so many of her policy positions, it should have been obvious what to expect by Oprah’s first question.

“Can you feel the joy rising in here?” she asks after screaming Harris’ name.

“Kamala Harris!!!!!!!!!!” Oprah to Momala: “Can you feel the joy rising in here?” Harris: “I can!” Unite for America Rally with Vice President Kamala Harris and Oprah Winfrey. pic.twitter.com/TbKeRfOAV3

— Brent Baker 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) September 20, 2024

The virtual rally in Michigan marked one of Harris’ few media appearances since she became the nominee. She had only previously done one joint interview with her running mate on CNN, one brief 10-minute interview on a Pennsylvania television station, and one daytime forum with journalists at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).

On CNN, Harris barely got pushed on anything; in Pennsylvania, she barely got asked anything; and at the NABJ conference in Philadelphia, she was merely warmed up for the town hall about girl power with Winfrey. Her first question at the NABJ summit was also about how “joy” makes Harris feel all sweet, cute, and cuddly inside.

“Why is joy important to you to insert into this election?” was literally the first thing moderators

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