The Hatch Act prohibits government employees from working on political campaigns. And since when does the president's chief of staff make phone calls to wrangle votes for their boss as part of their official duties?
The Hatch Act prohibits government employees from working on political campaigns. And since when does the president's chief of staff make phone calls to wrangle votes for their boss as part of their official duties?
Another thing that needs fixing. The Hatch Act needs some "Find Out". Like you lose your government job and can no longer work in any position for the government for [number?] years or life.
When Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act I remember reading that no one has ever been prosecuted for violating it. Apparently there was even less inclination to hold government employees accountable throughout history than there is now. I guess we should be grateful.
Yes indeed, but remember how Trump held a campaign event in the Rose Garden, and IIRC Kellyanne Conway strayed over the line more than once? If these people knew the law (and the lawyers among them sure should have), they thought it didn't apply to them.
The trouble with Meadows and so many of these characters is that they were unable or unwilling to distinguish the person who held the office from the office itself. And that is about as antithetical to democracy as one can get.
Well said. It's ludicrous that Meadows claims he was doing his job, but indeed, none of the Trump cult has ever had any respect for the law or the offices they held. In fact, they were all about dispensing with such inconveniences as state and federal laws.
The Hatch Act prohibits government employees from working on political campaigns. And since when does the president's chief of staff make phone calls to wrangle votes for their boss as part of their official duties?
Another thing that needs fixing. The Hatch Act needs some "Find Out". Like you lose your government job and can no longer work in any position for the government for [number?] years or life.
When Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act I remember reading that no one has ever been prosecuted for violating it. Apparently there was even less inclination to hold government employees accountable throughout history than there is now. I guess we should be grateful.
Yes indeed, but remember how Trump held a campaign event in the Rose Garden, and IIRC Kellyanne Conway strayed over the line more than once? If these people knew the law (and the lawyers among them sure should have), they thought it didn't apply to them.
The trouble with Meadows and so many of these characters is that they were unable or unwilling to distinguish the person who held the office from the office itself. And that is about as antithetical to democracy as one can get.
Well said. It's ludicrous that Meadows claims he was doing his job, but indeed, none of the Trump cult has ever had any respect for the law or the offices they held. In fact, they were all about dispensing with such inconveniences as state and federal laws.
I think they totally lost the distinction between working for a person and working for the country -- if indeed they ever understood it.