BLACK LAWMAKERS COMPLAIN OF RACIALLY-MOTIVATED ETHICS INVESTIGATIONS

[Casino67]

Breitbart.com:

 

The Congressional Black Caucus believes the House Ethics Committee has singled out its black membership for ethics investigations.

 

"We all feel threatened," Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) told The Atlantic. "If the only reason that you would suffer a complaint is because of your skin color, that is a cause for concern."

 

Although African-Americans only comprise 10 percent of the Congress, five of the six lawmakers presently being investigated by the House Ethics Committee are black (the one white member is Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL), whom the late Andrew Breitbart called on to resign). In the latter part of 2009, all seven members of Congress engaged in formal House ethics inquiries were African-American.

 

It's "like a police force out of control," said Rep. William Lacy Clay Jr. (D-MO).

But some experts say that the Congressional Black Caucus is uniquely rife with ethics issues. "Nobody wants to say that, because as soon as you do, you're accused of being racists," says Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "The black caucus really does have more ethics problems." Ms. Sloan said that last year, of the 19 members of Congress featured on her organization's "Most Corrupt Members of Congress" list, five were black lawmakers.

The Congressional Black Caucus's sole Republican member, Rep. Allen West (R-FL), disagrees with the group's racial assessment:

 

When I commanded a battalion, if you had a certain platoon that had some issues, you didn't say that you were picking on that platoon. Maybe there were some issues in that platoon you had to look at.

[SrWoodchuck]

RIGHT ON, CBC!!!

 

As you can tell by my all caps above, I am shouting this from the rooftop!

 

I haven't felt this enraged since I found out the reality show, "Cops" wasn't just populated by fine, young, black actors!

[NCTexan]

This is the same logic as fires are caused by fireman... proven by: "You see firemen at every major blaze."