No-Show Congressman Wants to Be Hawaii’s Next Governor
28th April 2022
Following reports he shirked congressional duties to keep his second job as a pilot, the one-term congressman is leaving Congress to run for governor of his state. Kahele spent almost no time in Washington, D.C., this year, voting by proxy more than 120 times and in person just 5 times. His absence prompted ethics questions about whether he was cashing in on his commercial pilot’s job at Hawaiian Airlines—a speculation that his spokesman later confirmed.
Kahele spokesman Michael Ahn told Politico the congressman was making “occasional flights to maintain his certification” but denied accusations that the flights violated House ethics rules. The congressman’s pilot’s salary earned him almost $120,000 in 2020, Civil Beat reported.
I have no problem with a governor who skips his day job to spend his time flying aircraft rather than wasting the taxpayers’ money on bullshit socialist schemes. Short of having a None Of The Above slot on the ballot, it’s a win-win.