{"id":8508,"date":"2015-03-09T13:41:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8508"},"modified":"2015-03-09T13:41:40","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T13:41:40","slug":"rep-schock-wishing-for-anonymity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8508","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Schock wishing for anonymity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Aaron Schock is one of those politicians few people ever hear of outside of the district he represents.<\/p>\n<p>A lot more Americans know about him now, and for reasons he likely wishes didn&#8217;t exist.<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois Republican congressman has made a name for himself by spending a lot of taxpayer money on private matters for himself and his staff.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tAfDt9W5E1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/politicalwire.com\/2015\/03\/09\/schock-treated-staffers-to-weekend-in-new-york\/\">Schock Treated Staffers to Weekend in New York<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Schock Treated Staffers to Weekend in New York&#8221; &#8212; Political Wire\" src=\"https:\/\/politicalwire.com\/2015\/03\/09\/schock-treated-staffers-to-weekend-in-new-york\/embed\/#?secret=N06mewwiDM#?secret=tAfDt9W5E1\" data-secret=\"tAfDt9W5E1\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House Ethics Commission is investigating a complaint that Schock spent extravagantly while on an &#8220;official&#8221; trip to the United Kingdom. The expenses included stays at very expensive hotels, high-dollar meals and many other perks along the way. He allegedly used private aircraft in violation of House rules.<\/p>\n<p>The latest is that Schock reportedly treated his staff to a $10,000-plus weekend in New York, with staffers performing next to zero official duties.<\/p>\n<p>I know he isn&#8217;t the first politician to go for the gusto on the public dime. He won&#8217;t be the last, not by a long shot.<\/p>\n<p>The fascination with this still-developing story, at least as far as I&#8217;m concerned, is how a no-name back-bench politician\u00a0manages to place himself squarely in the public eye with apparently no outward sense of shame or embarrassment.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a sense of entitlement at work here?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Schock is one of those politicians few people ever hear of outside of the district he represents. A lot more Americans know about him now, and for reasons he likely wishes didn&#8217;t exist. 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