“It gives them an opportunity to use that scandal as evidence in an ideological war.”
Steve Stockman joins a dubious though growing American political tradition of disgraced politicos who have attempted to recast themselves as martyrs after being tarnished or convicted of crimes https://www.texasobserver.org/steve-stockman-rides-again/
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