Sheila Jackson Lee should have been embarrassed to wear a Hillary pin during what should have been an impartial hearing.
But she can’t feel embarrassment…because apparently, Dems have no shame.
Via Fox News.
….Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, raised eyebrows Wednesday when she showed up wearing a gold Hillary Clinton campaign pin to a House Judiciary Committee hearing dealing with the FBI probe regarding Clinton’s private email server.
The committee heard testimony from FBI Director James Comey on the agency’s decision not to pursue charges and a newly revealed set of controversial immunity deals given to Clinton’s staff.
Jackson Lee asked Comey questions while wearing the “H” campaign pin — though the exchange left no doubt as to her leanings on the matter.
“[Republicans] want you to prosecute, or ask the DOJ to prosecute, Secretary Clinton regardless of the facts. So they’ve engaged in an almost daily ritual of holding hearings, desperately trying to tear down the investigation,” she told Comey….
Jackson Lee’s expression of support for Clinton was noted on a pro-Donald Trump subreddit, /r/The_Donald, in a thread entitled “Don’t mind me, just doing my impartial oversight with my shiny gold H pin on.”….
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Would be a violation of the Hatch Act if a federal employee wore the pin while at work. Two reasons; To not show partisanship to the public and to prevent management intimidation of staff on how to vote. Wearing the pin while questioning a federal employee violates the spirit of both reasons (that Hatch Act provision doesn’t apply to Congress).