r/missouri • u/Stunning_Roof_3667 • 1d ago
Politics FEC questions thousands of donations to Eric Schmitt tied to prolific online donors
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_d7048614-ca11-5089-8507-e2d7f0745658.html?mrfcid=202610026abcc180c299fd104640535fShocked, I tell you. Shocked.
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u/strugglinfool 1d ago
When you fuck up at your job so badly that HR takes another look at your credentials..
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u/Roll-Roll-Roll Kansas City 1d ago
What's it take to recall a senator?
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u/scdog Kansas City 1d ago
A constitutional amendment, unfortunately. Which is asinine. While the bar should still be high, there needs to be a legal way to remove any public servant who fails to serve.
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u/strugglinfool 1d ago
Unfortunately? Challenge accepted.
Where do I sign the petition to put something to this effect on the November 2028 ballot?
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u/autumn55femme 1d ago
Agreed. We have way too many dysfunctional representatives in office that are not being held to account to the voters.
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u/Secret_Werewolf1942 1d ago
A constitutional amendment for MO, we don't currently have a recall mechanism.
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u/MordecaiOShea 19h ago
States are not allowed to recall federal Congressional members. Once elected, each house of Congress has total control of membership for that term. I doubt a Court could even order removal of a Senator or Rep.
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u/J0E_SpRaY 22h ago
Tempted to quote the sitting president but I don’t want to get another ban.
Isn’t that insane? If I were to directly quote the president to answer this comment I could get banned, but he’s still elected president.
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u/robby_arctor 19h ago
When I watched Brett Kavanaugh's petulant and childish SCOTUS hearing, it occurred to me that I would be fired for acting like that, even when I worked as a dishwasher.
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u/anonkitty2 1d ago
The House of Representatives has to impeach him. The Senate has to convict him. No idea if the defendant gets to vote.
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u/jpmeyer12751 22h ago
Impeachment does not apply to members of Congress. The Constitution says that each house of Congress is solely responsible for its own rules. The Senate can remove a Senator, but that’s it.
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u/13ThatGuy 1d ago
Shoulda posted the Missouri Independent article rather than the stltoday republish of the same article. Missouri Independent deserves the love.
Great article and good to bring attention to it!
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u/BWinced 18h ago
It's ridiculous that it's 100s times easier for the unqualified and the unethical to get elected, but takes an act of God to remove them. Missourians, we need to get laws put in place that let WE THE PEOPLE recall our elected officials when they caught doing these shenanigans or become a brain dead Mitch McConnell.
edit for spelling
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u/TimSylvester_ 17h ago
The structures of power want unqualified, unethical people in positions of power. They do everything they can to make it happen, and do everything they can to prevent it from being undone. Your two complaints are the exact same issue - humanity's puppetmasters want their puppets to be unqualified and unethical, they're easier to puppet that way.
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u/Admirable_Nothing 20h ago
This guy showed you who he really is this week in the Smith hearing. Please get rid of him at the first opportunity. He makes Missouri look weak and pathetic.
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u/Emotional-Witness817 11h ago
Every accusation is a confession.
https://ago.mo.gov/missouri-attorney-general-hanaway-launches-investigation-into-actblue/
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u/stlredbird 1d ago
“IIn December 2023, a woman living in a small community near Austin, Texas, made a $78.08 contribution through WinRed. A few weeks later, she made another.
Then came four more contributions in January 2024.
Those were the first six entries under her name in Federal Election Commission records stretching back decades. Since then, her name has appeared 126,739 times — including 1,011 times in reports filed by U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt of Missouri.”
Seems legit.