The White House’s top trade advisor has now become the latest administration official to have violated the firewall between politics and government.
This can’t end too soon.
That is all.
Who ever thought that a f_ckin’ nightmare could last four years?
“TPM’s request for comment to White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany — who’s also served as a spokesperson for the Trump campaign’s legal effort to overturn the 2020 election results — went unanswered.”
In all fairness, her tongue was otherwise occupied.
So can the next administration impose the ban on government employment?
In that photo of Pete, he is kindly showing where we should kick the footballs. Lots of footballs.
She uses her tongue for all sorts of purposes. Just sayin’…
Not that anyone would hire Peter Navarro.
Has anyone asked Pete Navarro recently how all those tariffs and tough talk with China under Trump has worked out? They haven’t done shit.
Lock him up! And this one too.
The only way the act is not a joke is if the AG prosecutes those who violated the act.
The penalty structure for violations of the Hatch Act by federal employees includes removal from federal service, reduction in grade, debarment from federal employment for a period not to exceed 5 years, suspension, reprimand, or a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for every violation. This would be in addition to any expenses those charged would incur defending against prosecution.
It should also be added that if the violators are lawyers, they should face suspension/debarment of the law licenses.
I’m sure that Bill Barr will get right on those “Hatch Act” violations…/s
Aw c’mon, sad excuse. She’s got a multi-tasking tongue.
Trump is all about corrupt things. That said, one of the most important and obvious things that needs to be done post Trump is to reinstate and reinforce the boundaries between party activity and government service. The routine violations of this boundary by Trump’s corrupt regime are a major, fundamental threat to constitutional government and should not be allowed to pass without notice or punishment, or at least, without charges being brought.
The Hatch Act, which Trump officials are famously fond of violating, is the decades-old never-enforced law that prohibits federal employees from using their positions for political purposes.
Fixed.
America?
Fluffers gotta fluff…
As a former civil service employee, now retired, I’d beg to differ. The ban on political activity, at least in the workplace, was enforced during my 30 year career.
Political appointees, particularly in Trumpworld, are obviously a different matter.
The Hatch Act is a toothless rhetorical device, not a serious attempt to deter political conduct by non-career political appointees on the federal payroll:
The penalty structure for violations of the Hatch Act by federal employees includes removal from federal service, reduction in grade, debarment from federal employment for a period not to exceed 5 years, suspension, reprimand, or a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.
https://osc.gov/Services/Pages/HatchAct-Federal.aspx#tabGroup51