Nancy Pelosi Was Right

Nancy Pelosi was right about one thing: it is time to “drain the swamp.” This week we learned that Maxine Waters is under ethics investigation for abusing her position by asking regulators to help a bank in which her husband had a financial interest. This follows allegations that Charlie Rangle, the Chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, allegedly broke the laws his committee imposes on the rest of us.


While I can do nothing about Pelosi, Waters, and Rangle, I can help fire one person who was responsible for these alligators: Congressman Glenn Nye (D-VA2). Nye voted for Nancy Pelosi to serve as Speaker of the House. He voted for Charlie Rangle ( twice) to serve as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Nye did oppose the health-care bill in the 11th hour (after making sure Pelosi had sufficient votes for passage), but later voted to fund the 10,000 IRS agents required to implement it. So, I am voting for Scott Rigell. A successful businessman and former Marine, he knows what it means to make commitments and to keep them. He has committed to let America’s founding documents guide his decisions, cut federal spending, impose fiscal restraint, and bring accountability back to Washington. This is what we used to call leading by example.