Democrats spent the last four years condemning the Trump administration's corruption. And President Biden won a record 81 million votes by pledging to "restore the soul of America" and bring integrity back to the White House.
So it's disappointing, and more than a little hypocritical, that Senate Democrats are set to vote to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
Mayorkas served as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under President Obama. In that role, he was the subject of over a dozen whistleblower complaints and a scathing report following an investigation by the DHS Inspector General.
Now more than ever, America needs leaders with unimpeachable integrity. If Senate Democrats ignore the findings of that report and vote to confirm Mayorkas anyway, they'll cede the moral high ground and expose the party to charges of rank hypocrisy.
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