I’ve heard that once in DC, your sole purpose is to get re-elected and you do that by getting money for your district. And you start fundraising immediately for your next election.
Constituents? They are merely the conduit to your political/lobbying/media career. Nothing more, nothing less.
Rep. Eliot Engel
From NBC:
“Rep. Eliot Engel, a New York Democrat facing a tough primary challenge and questions about his absence from his district, was caught on a hot mic at a district event responding to unrest saying twice that he only wanted press coverage because of an electoral threat.
“If I didn’t have a primary, I wouldn’t care,” Engel said to Ruben Diaz Jr., the Bronx borough president, at a Tuesday press conference responding to unrest and vandalism in his district related to the recent death of George Floyd.”
Engel’s excuse for getting caught for what he said:
“In the context of running for reelection, I thought it was important for people to know where I stand, that’s why I asked to speak,” he said. “Of course I care deeply about what’s happening in this country, that’s what I wanted to convey. I love the Bronx, grew up in the Bronx and lived here all my life. I would not have tried to impose on the Borough President if I didn’t think it was important.”
Read the whole story here.
DCG
But none of this matters to either black Democrats or Democrats in general. They’ll vote Demonrat anyway.
Indeed. I would venture it only proves the perception that Dem voters no matter what their color are either dumb as dirt or just plain evil, or in some cases both.
How revealing!