Speaking of Democrats with ethic troubles, Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) used Senate office funds to pay for travel to fundraisers in California, where the Democrat raised nearly $100,000 (not surprisingly, he’s struggled with in-state donations).
That trip is a blatant violation of Senate ethics rules, which declare, “no official resources may be used to conduct campaign activities.” This isn’t new for Joe Manchin, who had to reimburse the state of West Virginia in 2005 for using a state plane to travel to Alabama to purchase his yacht. RollCall estimated that the Senator’s net worth is at $3.3 million; we think he can swing his own airfare, but the media doesn’t seem to care. MSNBC’s Joe and Mika want you to know that his boat is really something and probably wouldn’t care about how he uses his official funds.
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