Bad Blue Ethics

No ethics for them:

After Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) announced their Presidential Ethics Reform Act last month, the pair have been working to secure support from both sides of the aisle to ensure its success in the lower chamber. However, those efforts began to unravel when at least three Democrats rescinded their support after they were contacted by the White House, a source familiar told the Washington Examiner. “I was excited to come to Washington to introduce my bill. And was proud that I had found three senior Democratic co-sponsors. When I landed, I was really disappointed to learn that those co-sponsors had decided not to support the bill and had had conversations with the White House,” Porter told the Hill, which reported the news. The three Democrats who originally agreed to be co-sponsors but later dropped out are Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Kweisi Mfume (D-MD), according to the report. The three cited concerns that the bill was too overarching and could be unfairly used against the Biden family ahead of the 2024 election. “It’s too partisan a tool to cudgel the president as opposed to a serious effort of bipartisan ethics reform,” Khanna said. However, the lawmakers denied they were contacted by the White House or that it had anything to do with their decision-making. Rather, Khanna said, he backed out after reading the bill text because he didn’t think it was bipartisan enough.

They can't decide how unethical they are...