Despite a last minute push from Donald Trump, GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert kept her name on a discharge petition that would demand the full release of investigative files around convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Boebert is one of four Republicans who signed the bipartisan discharge petition led by GOP Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California to force the Justice Department to release all the files.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    Because the point of politicians is to get re-elected. This is why we need minimal education standards and two term limits for everyone elected.

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      _Term limits without big changes in finance is going to mean that we’ve got new folks runnign every few years, but they are all getting paid by the same people who are buying pols today

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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      Strong disagree with minimal education standards because those are 100% going to turn out like the literacy requirements did.

      Limiting who can vote and who can run for office is always a bad idea. They are rights - not privileges.