A watchdog group, FACT, filed an ethics complaint against several Democratic lawmakers, including Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, for allegedly using official government resources on their campaign accounts, violating federal law and House ethics rules.
The complaint accuses the lawmakers of linking official government resources to their campaign accounts through social media activity, providing an official legitimacy to their campaign accounts.
FACT emphasized the significance of the violations and the potential political advantage gained through these actions.
The lawmakers “have all published numerous social media posts on their campaign accounts either using official government resources or re-posting official government content, including official photographs and video, work product, and official social media posts,” the complaint read.
“Though to some it may seem like a simple thing on the surface, the Members choosing to break this law do it for a reason — it advantages them politically. The various codes governing elected officials’ behavior all purposefully — and wisely — prevent Members from blatantly leveraging their currently held office to either get reelected or to use their position to gain a future position,” the letter said.
“This is not an isolated incident. These violations are rampant and obvious, and clearly the OCE’s failure to act has encouraged continued violations. This failure has also incentivized these Members to use House proceedings for political campaigning rather than doing what is in the best interest of the country,” FACT Executive Director Kendra Arnold said.
“Likewise, it is also clear why these Members are doing this, it’s for a political advantage and one that is paid for by the taxpayers. The OCE has both the authority and a clear responsibility to ensure each ethics violation is dealt with swiftly. Not doing so both permits clear violations to continue and erodes the public’s trust in the OCE itself,” she added.
The complaint included evidence of violations and called for swift action to address the ethics violations.
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