Trump could have skirted this, as he has before with his campaign’s “USA” caps, but he went full DBAD this time. x Literally anyone who’s worked in campaigns or government offices knows not to mix campaign with official or vice versa.— Max Barrile (@Barrile_Max) December 14, 2019 x It's hard to keep up with Kellyanne…
Category: hatchact
did Trump violate the Hatch Act (yet again)
Was wearing campaign gear appropriate to the #ArmyNavyGame. Trump could have skirted actions applicable to his staff by sticking with his campaign’s “USA” caps. However, he went full MAGA/KAG this time, rather than wearing a Commander-in-Chief / POTUS cap usually worn by his predecessors. Will at least one reporter ask him obliquely about whether hat sales went up…
Republicans routinely ignore GOP Hatch Act violations
Writers, bloggers, commenters, and pundits nearly exhausted the dictionary in the runup to the president’s July 4th Trumpapalooza™. With his tanks, parades, flyovers, and personal address, Donald Trump’s appropriation of America’s Independence Day rightly earned descriptions ranging from inappropriate, disgusting, and self-serving to grotesque, Orwellian, and masturbatory. But word that the Republican National Committee was…
Office of Special Counsel says Kellyanne Conway should be removed over violations of Hatch Act
Yes, yes, yes — please take Barbie Riefenstahl away and exile her to the Island of Misfit Toys. The Hill: The Office of Special Counsel on Thursday urged President Trump to remove Kellyanne Conway as White House counselor over repeated violations of the Hatch Act, which bars federal employees from engaging in elections in their official capacity. “The U.S. Office…
How cute! All of those Trump eggs are starting to “Hatch”!
Now, this really warms the cockles of my heart. According to new reporting in The Hill, The Pampers President isn’t the only one having trouble keeping his mind on the task at hand. It seems like a lot of his subordinates and lackeys are having problems on keeping their own personal and political opinions to themselves at work too. According…
