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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Go buy Ivanka's stuff!": Kellyanne Conway gives presidents daughter "free commercial" on Fox
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/go-buy-ivankas-stuff-kellyanne-conway-gives-presidents-daughter-free-commercial-on-fox/
Speaking from the White House briefing room during an appearance on Fox & Friends, Conway encouraged viewers to go buy Ivankas stuff to show their support for the president.
Conway also accused retailer Nordstrom of trying to hurt President Donald Trump by stopping sales of Ivanka Trumps clothing line, despite the fact that the company has said it stopped selling Ivankas clothes due to lagging sales.
They are using the most prominent woman in Donald Trumps [life], Conway claimed. Using her, who has been a champion for empowerment of women in the workplace, to get to him.
Its a wonderful line, I own some of it, she said. Im going to give it a free commercial here, go buy it today!
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)tanyev
(42,568 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)DetlefK
(16,423 posts)Soldiers get into trouble for attending political rallies in uniform.
Illegal or not, it will continue, because no one will stop it.
underpants
(182,829 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)And they're just getting started.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,140 posts)To show favouritism for or outright promote a commercial product. Technically, I think it's considered misuse of one's office to do so. Not that that means anything in this administration; I mean the SCROTUS did the same thing yesterday.
Tanuki
(14,918 posts)That's a howler, even for Kellyanne Confabulator. What kind of "empowerment" has Ivanka provided for anyone, male or female, in the third world sweatshops where she has outsourced her designer knock-offs?
https://www.google.com/amp/www.glamour.com/story/ivanka-trump-factory-workers-conditions/amp?client=ms-android-att-us
...."At the factory, which also produces products by Guess and Tommy Hilfiger, workers were reportedly subjected to alarmingly long days that frequently lasted from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. with two mere one-hour breaks and only two days of rest a month, as a deep dive done by Racked concludes. We got to sleep for six hours, a former employee told Racked. If we worked until after three in the morning, we could start the next day at 9:15. Its a garbage factory, another worker told Racked, who apparently often worked until 11 p.m. or midnight.
Even worse, workers' wages were allegedly often kept from them as a kind of "deposit" so they would continue working until paid. One worker revealed that he had worked long shifts for all of July without taking a single day off but hadn't received payment by mid-August when he spoke to Racked. Apparently, the factory has withheld worker's paychecks for up to eight weeks."
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)I'd spring for one of those.
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)An employee shall not use his public office for his own private gain, for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise, or for the private gain of friends, relatives, or persons with whom the employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, including nonprofit organizations of which the employee is an officer or member, and persons with whom the employee has or seeks employment or business relations. The specific prohibitions set forth in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section apply this general standard, but are not intended to be exclusive or to limit the application of this section.
Expect a battle over how to define "public office".
underpants
(182,829 posts)Caught herself there
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)and timeshares
Nitram
(22,822 posts)the president's daughter is selling. I keep thinking I'm going to wake up from what is clearly just a very bad dream.
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)The President could tweet us a heads-up; Kellyanne could strut her stuff; and some talking heads could promote nostalgia for W's stopping-terrorists-by-shopping initiative
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)while I bleach my eyes!!!!