He swiveled in his gaming chair in the Riot Games video. Polis took a clearly relaxed, even entertained, approach to both of the promotional appearances reviewed by the ethics committee. The author of the post said he couldn’t believe what Polis was wearing. The GQ post on Polis’s admittedly notorious fashion sense ran under an image of Polis on the House floor wearing a purplish polo shirt and a bow tie. He mentioned the game Civilization 5, joking that “Here (in Congress), I don’t have any of the power I have in Civ 5, where I’m planning the entire civilization.” Reason asked Polis how gaming intersects with his political life.ĭoesn’t really compare, said Polis. Ninox, a business in Polis’s 2nd Congressional District, reached out to him after GQ magazine dinged the Boulder Democrat for having the “worst congressional style ever.” In 2014, Reason magazine dubbed Polis the “gamer congressman.” In the Riot Games video, Polis talks about being a first-generation gamer and how, as an adult, he plays video games to relax. Further, the video and clothing event also had clear and substantial non-commercial, representational, purposes.” “While it does appear that both the Riot Games video and the Ninox clothing event were intended, at least in part, to promote the businesses, this is true in virtually every instance in which a business participates in or arranges an event with a Member. ![]() ![]() “Representative Polis did not use official resources for a commercial purpose or violate House Rules regarding official endorsement of a commercial entity,” concluded the committee. ![]() The committee reviewed a video interview Polis did with Riot Games and a style “makeover” photo shoot Polis did for menswear label Ninox.
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