Louie! London is Calling!
Y’all remember Louie Gohmert’s expensive trip to London, right? Where he paid $5,000 for a hotel room? And he spoke to the Cambridge Union?
Well, come to find out, House Rules will not allow Louie to pay for that trip by using campaign funds.
In a filing with the Office of Congressional Ethics, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) claims that Gohmert may have violated House rules by charging nearly $6,300 to his campaign account for the late November trip. Members are barred from using campaign funds to cover personal expenses.
Bless her heart, his communications director Kimberly Willingham, says the taxpayers did not pay for his trip because “it’s political.”
Political?
Louie is running for office in England? Praise the Lord!
Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.