Corrupt politicians today have no shame, so it’s no surprise Menendez won’t resign

September 25, 2023 TruthUSA

Sen. Bob Menendez is running for re-election. Of course he is.

Doesn’t anybody have any shame anymore? Thirty years ago, Washington, DC, was a national laughingstock for re-electing Marion Barry mayor after he was caught on video smoking crack with a woman not his wife.

Today, Barry would fit right in.

Almost nobody quits in disgrace anymore, even when caught totally red-handed. The rare ones who do — such as Andrew Cuomo — go only when pushed and then immediately resurface totally unrepentant and looking for a new angle.

George Santos hasn’t quit yet and says he’s running again, too. It took 25 years to get rid of the Clintons.

In Menendez’s case, the New Jersey Democrat looked finished when he was indicted on corruption charges in 2015, from which he skated due to a hung jury. He still got re-elected by 12 points in 2018. This seems to have convinced him he was bulletproof.

Now, he’s the first senator in history to be indicted in two different scandals. Two more, and he can run for president.

The latest indictment reveals a man so comically crooked he’d have to be toned down to be a character on “The Sopranos.” Menendez is alleged to have interfered in criminal prosecutions in exchange for a Mercedes-Benz convertible, sold sensitive information to Egypt and taken payoffs for helping the country get American military aid.