Hypocrites And Cheats

 

What kind of people do you find in conservative/ Republican world?  (Spoiler alert: Hypocrites and cheats.)

Here's your cheat, Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn "Hedge Fund" Youngkin:

GOP gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin and his wife last year successfully petitioned Fairfax County to designate their horse farm as an agricultural district, which led to a 95% reduction in the taxes they pay on the 31.5-acre property in Great Falls that surrounds their home.

The agricultural district reduced the Youngkins’ real estate tax bill on the farm by a total of $151,844.90 in 2020 and 2021 combined, according to public information that the Fairfax County Department of Tax Administration provided to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Blue Virginia notes,

As you read the Richmond Times-Dispatch story, Youngkins received 95% tax cut due to conservation status of their horse farm, keep in mind that the Youngkins are worth something like $300 million, so obviously they didn’t need the $150k+ tax break from Fairfax County to “preserve” their horse farm (note: it’s crazy that Fairfax County actually *granted* this tax break; what on earth?).  [snip]

To put this in perspective, $150k is just 0.05% of $300 million. If you’re worth $2 million, the equivalent would be a tax break of just $1,000. Or if you’re worth $200,000, the equivalent would be a tax break of just $100.  Anyway, the point is, the Youngkins certainly didn’t need the tax break, let alone in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, when presumably Fairfax County had a lot more important things to be dealing with. The fact that the Youngkins thought it was very important to milk the county for this tax break (aka, “dodge property taxes,” as Terry McAuliffe puts it) really shows where their priorities are…

Youngkin was recently caught telling a supporter that he can't talk about his radical abortion position because it would hurt him among voters, so he's really a twofer -- a hypocrite and a cheat.

Here's your hypocrite, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill:

Joe Biden has long been open about his Catholic faith. The president regularly attends Sunday mass and credits his faith with helping him get through the worst times in his life.

Like Biden, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is also a faithful Catholic. She angrily attacked Donald Trump last year when he questioned her faith.

Recently, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to approve a document concerning the sacrament of communion. The measure would prevent politicians like Biden and Pelosi, who have voted to allow abortion rights from receiving the holy sacrament.

The General Secretary of the USCCB, Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill read the voting results to the conference back in June. Burrill has now resigned from his position after cell phone data revealed that he used the gay dating app Grindr and regularly visits gay bars.

Burrill's sexuality is not the issue here.  His hypocrisy in participating in a corrupted, Republican- wired effort to smear and undercut President Biden and other practicing Catholic Democrats for their pro- choice views while he himself was simultaneously violating Church "moral standards" very much is the issue. Meanwhile, Burrill's superior, Archbishop José Gomez, deemed Burrill's actions as alleged "misconduct" and "possible improper behavior" which, in the rotten (not to mention hypocritical) world of Catholic hierarchy sexuality dogma, apparently counts for a moral position, as opposed to a political culture one.