Discussion: Conway Won't Say If She'll Face Hatch Act Punishment, Implies She'll Keep Job

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Using her government office in a political capacity seems rather quaint, compared to the many ways others at the WH and federal agencies are using their government positions.

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Punishment? hahahahahaha. Somebody’s been smoking crack. Nobody in Trumpland gets ‘punished’ unless it’s the Big Cheeto doling out the humiliation.

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Abusing the power of your office to benefit an American politician, rather than a Russian or a Qatari. Quaint, indeed!

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Conway:
“Yes I violated ethics and written rules. I don’t care.”
Reporter:
“We will continue to interview you for years to come. Our consequence-free platform welcomes you.”
Conway
“Be seein’ ya.”

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Since the person who decides on punishment for Hatch Act violations is the employee’s department head, i.e. Donny himself, I don’t think she’s too worried about it.

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As If
Never in the Trump World

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“The President and I have spoken about this,” Conway replied. “I have not made a comment on this at all and I won’t today.”

“Actually, we both fell on the floor laughing about it.”

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What Trump is going to do? Force her to ride naked down Pennsylvania Avenue a la Lady Godiva?

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Donald Trump thinks the Hatch Act is something that happens to an egg to let the baby chicken out.

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“In an interview with Conway Thursday…”

All right, who left the cellar door unlocked?

Again!

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Accccckkkk!
Okay, now I need to bathe in Listerine and Lysol.

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By age 4, say, most people have grasped that some things are wrong in themselves, even if you want to do them. It’s unhealthy, selfish, whatever. You get that it’s wrong. But Trump never reached that stage. He doesn’t understand that a thing that helps him, a thing he wants, can also be wrong in itself and shouldn’t be done. It’s misguided to put this question to Conway as if he understands that when he doesn’t. But it’s also wrong not to. Interesting times.

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I know it goes without saying, but it needs to be said, nonetheless, “If this had happened during a Democratic administration, the Republican minority would have applied so much pressure that Conway would be forced to resign, if the Democratic president hadn’t already removed her.”

Why is she allowed to keep her job?

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This, of course, is true.

This can’t be intended as a real question.

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There was a great exchange on “The Wire” where one character complains that things weren’t a certain way in the old days. A slightly wiser character replies, “Well, now, thing about the old days, they the old days.” As you say, it goes without saying. But it doesn’t hurt to really soak in what incredible hypocrites they were and are. Only a few more months until we can vote 'em out.

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It’s a question born of frustration. Obviously, the “liberal” media is not so interested in amplifying the voices of the Democratic party. But the real problem is that there is no voice of the Democratic party in this, or so many other cases like it. The outrage of this presidency is multiple orders of magnitude greater than any faults of the Obama administration, yet Republicans - even in the minority - were willing and able to apply so much pressure. Wtf is the matter with my party?

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“So no punishment given?” Hemmer probed.

Her punishment is having to be who she is.

I’d sooner die than face such harsh punishment.

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That’s not true!

I could tell that it was a falsehood after reading just the first three words.

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it’s ok – I assumed the question was actually factitious. I only intended to highlight that fact.

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