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If he was Republican they'd be sending him donations to fight the "woke mob" deep state
Probably what he could do. Just switch parties become a Republican say the woke mob is after him and Republicans will vote in droves for him. Plus give Republicans the majority.
Best just to out him in 2024 regardless if he can be convicted our not. He will not resign lets just hope he don't go traitor too.
The Senate can expel him with a 2/3 vote. Which they should do.
I realize this is a high bar these days, but if a senator can be bought, they shouldn't be in the senate. And that should be a low bar.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
“The alleged facts are so serious that they compromise the ability of Senator Menendez to effectively represent the people of our state,” Murphy, a Democrat, said in a statement.
And the senator was defiant against the charges in a statement, calling the investigation “an active smear campaign of anonymous sources and innuendos to create an air of impropriety where none exists.”
“The charges laid out against Senator Menendez today go against everything we should believe as public servants,” New Jersey General Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said in a statement.
In separate statements, Democratic Reps. Andy Kim, Josh Gottheimer, Bill Pascrell and Donald Norcross also called for the senator to resign, saying the seriousness of the charges will make it difficult for him to serve the state.
“I have unwavering confidence in my father and his dedication to the New Jerseyans who he has relentlessly fought for in his long career as a public servant,” said Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat.
In 2015, he was charged with conspiracy, bribery and honest services fraud relating to allegedly abusing the power of his office as part of a relationship with a wealthy ophthalmologist.
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Vast majority of Washington politicians are corrupt, this idiot just had to flaunt his corruption with gold bars and is now paying the price…
Yes, the entire system is corrupt and lots of politicians behave in a manner that makes me furious that their actions are actually totally legal within this system. This guy, however, is pathological. He was somehow cleared of federal corruption charges just a couple of years ago.
If somebody resigns it should trigger a snap election, not an appointment...
When elections are every couple of years, it's easier to appoint someone in the interim instead of the logistics of having a new election for one individual seat.
Counter-point: elections shouldn't be so complicated that you can't perform a snap election on short notice. Other countries do it.
Do you have any idea just how much goes into an election? Those other countries also don't have the population we do. The candidates need time to make their case and if the next election cycle is only a few months out then there is no reason to not wait. Plenty of seats go empty, not all seats need filled asap.
"yeah but think of how much WORK that would be..."
You aren't wrong, I'm just saying it's a bad argument for those in charge.
It's not about work for the ones in charge. There is more to an election like giving the candidates time to make their case for being elected. When another full election is right around the corner it makes way more sense to wait. Depending on the seat and what that person does, we may not even need someone appointed, plenty of seats go empty for long lengths of time.
I do see where you're coming from, and to an extent I agree with you. Why bother with an election when the next one is 6 months away.
But when it's several YEARS, it becomes an issue. A lot can happen in 30 seconds, let alone a year or more.
In that case, it makes sense to require them to put any appointed positions up for election at the next regularly scheduled election. There's an election every two years at most. Many states have elections every year.
More like how expensive that is. Seems like a waste of money when the next election is often months away. And will happen either way.
I think a lot of countries with snap elections don't just do it for a single position, and it resets the whole parliamentary term.
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