UH OH. Rick Saccone caught sleeping on the job

[PA Democrat]

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[MyOwnPeace]

1. Here's hoping..........

that after next month's election he'll have plenty of time to get caught up on his sleep!

[Freedomofspeech]

3. Let's hope!!

[DeminPennswoods]

2. That's hilarious!

Bet it shows up in a Lamb ad shortly.

[blue neen]

4. Sleepy Saccone must be tired from all of those lunches he charged to the taxpayers of PA.

Go home and sleep, Ricky. We don't want your entitled self in Washington.

[blue neen]

5. There's also a picture of Saccone playing crossword puzzles while on the job.

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I't s on Twitter, which I don't know how to do. If anyone can find it, that would be great!

On edit: This Daily Kos article shows the picture.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/24/1735704/-PA-Democrats-troll-Trump-s-pick-with-photos-of-him-asleep-at-the-wheel-of-government

[PA Democrat]

6. UH OH. Rick likes to work puzzles while on the taxpayer dime as well.

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[blue neen]

7. I wonder if Saccone charged that puzzle book to his expense account?

$435,172 will buy a lot of crossword books and newspapers!

[PA Democrat]

8. Well if his campaign ads are any indication, I'd guess his expense account

is pretty badly fabricated as well.

Crossword puzzle book could be billed as office supplies?

[blue neen]

9. Lobbyists are buying Saccone breakfast, lunch, and dinner and STILL HE CHARGES the TAXPAYERS!

"Saccone’s campaign pledges have come under increasing scrutiny as he has moved to run for federal office. Last year, during his aborted Senate bid, Allentown newspaper the Morning Call reported that despite his signature ethics reform bill banning lobbyist-funded meals for lawmakers, Saccone and his wife regularly dined with lobbyists while in Harrisburg, with lobbyists picking up the tab."

"Questioned about the behavior, Saccone admitted to the paper that lobbyists routinely buy him breakfast, lunch, and dinner."

“I take part in it. You know how everything in the capitol is done on relationships,” he said. He didn’t want to “be a martyr just by doing it myself,” he added. “That doesn’t change the system.”

"But the lobbyist meals have apparently not discouraged Saccone from collecting a hefty taxpayer-funded per diem."

https://theintercept.com/2018/02/01/rick-saccone-congress-pennsylvania/

He didn't want to be a "martyr". That's rich.

[PA Democrat]

10. Charging taxpayers a $175 per diem while lobbyists are buying him

three meals a day is double-dipping and grossly unethical.

Oh but we wouldn't want Rick to be a "martyr" by not cheating the taxpayer!!!!!!

[blue neen]

11. Somehow it's okay if you're a Republican.

Unethical seems to be an asset in Trump's America.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. We're amused by these pictures, but

this is exactly the kind of "little stuff" that can sink a campaign. There's already a lot of anger toward the salary, benefits and perks like per diem and mileage the legislators get for what's not even a full time job. It's going to make voters mad when they see someone who they think is already overpaid with generous benefits sleeping, working a crossword puzzle,etc instead of focusing on the job at hand.

It's a lot like Santorum saying he was too busy for jury duty or him having his kids enrolled in cyber school without the family paying any tuition. Maybe it was ticky-tacky stuff to media talking heads, but people related to it and didn't like it.