Lesley Elliott, a former legislative aide to Mitch McConnell, has been hired by travel conglomerate Expedia. Why? To lobby Washington for “tax issues.”

It’s nothing new for McConnell staffers to get paid millions for knowing Mitch (remember Hunter Bates?) but is it really a good idea for his former employees to be out and about lobbying like this at a time when he’s done nothing but scream about taxation? At a time when he’s about to have the campaign battle of his lifetime?

Mitch’s bowtie must be on a little tight these days. Jeez.