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They're not just protecting him, they're protecting themselves. If Clarence Thomas has to disclose his trips, so should they.
In my opinion, everything should be transparent for public servants—every penny received, every vote cast. If you want people to trust you, your actions need to be open and clear. When someone rushes to defend Thomas or any public figure in a similar position, my first thought is: What are they trying to hide? Ethics shouldn't be optional. You weren't elected because you’re cool and people liked you—you were elected to serve and represent the people. Unfortunately, it seems many elected officials have forgotten that. Those who've been in office too long have likely forgotten it entirely.
It's time to remind them. If they won't pass term limits, we can enforce them by not re-electing those who fail to live up to their promises. If an official doesn't follow through on their campaign pledges, we need to vote them out. It's time for Americans to take this country back. We need to stop letting the two-party system distract us. Let's break free from the stranglehold of the Democratic and Republican parties and focus on a system where people come first and politicians are held accountable to the public, not the other way around.
They should have to wear body cams so we can see their dinner conversations with lobbyists. All body cam data is livestreamed and saved for citizens to view. The only time they get to disable it is to go to the bathroom and when they go home to their family at night.
They shouldn't be allowed personal devices for communications, instead being forced to use government-provided devices that also track and post everything they do on their device to the public internet for the voters to see.
If we're in a democracy and we've voted to entrust you with the safeguarding of our democracy, you deserve more public scrutiny, not less.
If they wanted a world where we didn't feel like we had to do this to our representatives, maybe they shouldn't have thrown all those years of norms and decorum and gentlemans handshakes out the fucking window three decades ago. Maybe if they were operating in good faith we wouldn't feel the need to demand every sliver of their lives to prove they're actually working for the people.
they get to spy on us. if they don't like being held accountable, they should dismantle the surveillance state