{"id":588000,"date":"2021-07-10T17:51:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T21:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588000"},"modified":"2021-07-10T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T21:51:06","slug":"democrat-lawmakers-pose-shirtless-while-riding-camels-on-qatar-trip-bought-by-special-interest-group-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-lawmakers-pose-shirtless-while-riding-camels-on-qatar-trip-bought-by-special-interest-group-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Lawmakers Pose Shirtless While Riding Camels On Qatar Trip Bought By Special Interest Group: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrat-lawmakers-pose-shirtless-while-riding-camels-on-qatar-trip-bought-by-special-interest-group-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=588000&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ES-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democrat Reps. Eric Swalwell (CA) and Ruben Gallego (AZ) posed in a photo during a trip to Qatar earlier this year that was allegedly paid for by a special interest group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic-era excursion appears to have happened during a trip funded by the US-Qatar Business Council, a trade group that spent more than $84,000 to fly Reps. Eric Swalwell of California and Ruben Gallego of Arizona and their loved ones to Qatar, along with three other lawmakers, according to the nonpartisan LegiStorm website that tracks such travel,\u201d Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/eric-swallwell-ruben-gallegos-shirtless-in-qatar-riding-camel-2021-7\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThe photos suggest the lawmakers strayed from their official duties during the trip \u2014 one of several that private interests have paid for dozens of lawmakers\u2019 travel this year. It\u2019s unclear whether the camel ride violated House ethics rules about privately funded travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The trip came as America was still largely gripped by the coronavirus pandemic and as vaccination efforts were ramping up. Three other lawmakers, including Reps. Luis Correa (D-CA), Sara Jacobs (D-CA), and Lisa McClain (R-MI), went on the trip but were not featured in photos of the camel ride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHouse rules forbid private groups from paying for entertainment, which could include a golf game, theater performance, or even a camel ride, during such trips,\u201d the report added. \u201cBut family members are allowed to tag along, and routinely do so. The Qatar trip happened despite a surge in coronavirus cases in Qatar at the time, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, now considered outdated, that urged everyone to wear masks even when outdoors and vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report noted that Swalwell and Gallego\u2019s offices did not respond to questions about whether U.S. taxpayer dollars were spent on the trip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0934256055363\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While Eric Swalwell was scolding people for not following COVID rules he was taking special-interest funded trips to Qatar where he was maskless (and shirtless) riding camels. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OulueU83Dh\">https:\/\/t.co\/OulueU83Dh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pzQrzcL8Sx\">https:\/\/t.co\/pzQrzcL8Sx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4iMTXqihaj\">pic.twitter.com\/4iMTXqihaj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Berg (@MikeKBerg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeKBerg\/status\/1413639792974340101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The story drew the most negative attention for Swalwell, with many noting another problematic story that he has had to deal with in recent months about his relationship with an alleged Chinese spy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSigh. Chinese-spy linked Swalwell is back in the news,\u201d Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, wrote on Twitter. \u201cAlways interesting to see just how bad he can be w\/out consequences from his party.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4716981132075\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sigh. Chinese-spy linked Swalwell is back in the news. Always interesting to see just how bad he can be w\/out consequences from his party <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pjSXaMR4Cp\">https:\/\/t.co\/pjSXaMR4Cp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rebeccah Heinrichs (@RLHeinrichs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RLHeinrichs\/status\/1413663590440046596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHouse intelligence committee member Rep. Eric Swalwell took a mid-pandemic break from questions about his relationship with Chinese spy Fang Fang,\u201d New York Post reporter Steven Nelson <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevennelson10\/status\/1413637770837467145\">tweeted<\/a>, \u201cand posed shirtless atop a camel during a junket to Qatar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nedryun\/status\/1413822983785914372\">mocked<\/a> the physical fitness of the congressmen or noted the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karol\/status\/1413669470019760129\">hypocrisy<\/a> of ignoring coronavirus guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Reps. 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