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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIt's Illegal For Federal Officials To Campaign On The Job. Trump Staffers Keep Doing It Anyway.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/its-illegal-for-federal-officials-to-campaign-on-the-job-trump-staffers-keep-doing-it-anywayPresident Donald Trumps recent musings about staging his Republican National Convention speech at the White House drew criticism from government ethics watchdogs and even one Republican senator, John Thune of South Dakota.
The suggestion wasnt an isolated blending of official presidential duties and the campaign. It was part of a yearslong pattern of disregarding such boundaries in the Trump White House. There is a law, called the Hatch Act, that prohibits most government officials from engaging in politicking in the course of their official work.
The law does not apply to the president or vice president. While other presidents took campaign advantage of the trappings of the office, something that came to be known as the Rose Garden strategy, they typically refrained from explicit electoral appeals or attacks on their opponents at official presidential events. Federal election law and measures governing appropriations prohibit using taxpayer dollars for electioneering.
Since resuming official travel at the beginning of May after a coronavirus-imposed pause, Trump has held 25 presidential out-of-town events. Of these events, transcribed on the official White House website, the president spoke about the election or attacked his opponent, Joe Biden, at 12 of them, nearly half. His presidential stage provided a venue for supporters to urge others to vote for Trump in November at three additional events.
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It's Illegal For Federal Officials To Campaign On The Job. Trump Staffers Keep Doing It Anyway. (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Aug 2020
OP
Quick! Call the Attorney General right away! He has to be notified of this!
Midnight Writer
Aug 2020
#1
I'm sure that Bill Barr's What-passes-for-justice-today Department will get right on it.
SeattleVet
Aug 2020
#3
Midnight Writer
(21,802 posts)1. Quick! Call the Attorney General right away! He has to be notified of this!
Nevilledog
(51,200 posts)2. Right?
SeattleVet
(5,479 posts)3. I'm sure that Bill Barr's What-passes-for-justice-today Department will get right on it.
Luciferous
(6,085 posts)4. Well the rule of law doesn't seem to apply to them...
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)5. The fish rots from the head.