Former Independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin warned today that Jason Chaffetz, who earlier rejected calls for an investigation into Michael Flynn’s Russian connections, is shirking his duties.
Chaffetz, as reported earlier, would prefer to investigate White House leaks. To this, McMullin said,
The WH ignored DOJ warnings and clearly has troubling ties to Moscow. Jason Chaffetz & Congressional Republicans are shirking their duties. https://t.co/WZ7SNVCqMp
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) February 14, 2017
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As McMullin then proceeded to point out in another tweet,
Flynn is the third Trump team member to resign over Russia-related issues. This pattern betrays a serious problem & Trump is at its center.
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) February 14, 2017
McMullin had earlier repeated the point raised this morning by CNN’s Chris Cuomo that,
Wonder if Ryan would just accept explanation of #flynnresignation from WH if was dem controlled? Where is curiosity abt nat sec issues? https://t.co/P0h751a4mV
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) February 14, 2017
According to McMullin,
If the WH were under Dem control, Congressional Republicans would certainly investigate this with urgency. They should do their jobs. https://t.co/qhXQRYnwEz
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) February 14, 2017
Of course, Republicans, by and large, do not want to do their jobs now any more than they wanted to do them when Obama was president. Shirking has gone from being a protest to habit.
Evan McMullin is right, of course, that Chaffetz and his fellow Republicans are shirking their duties, but they have shirked their duties for eight years without consequence.
Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen’s Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.
