Kathianne
07-06-2023, 07:10 PM
Unreal. Just when one thinks this administration cannot get worse: Hold my beer. . .
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/07/06/white-house-spox-has-an-odd-reason-to-refuse-to-rule-out-the-cocaine-found-at-white-house-is-hunters-n562872
White House spox has an odd reason to refuse to rule out the cocaine found at White House is Hunter'sKAREN TOWNSEND 8:01 PM on July 06, 2023
The story of the cocaine found at the White House will be with us for a while. One reason is because the White House is not doing a great job in managing the story.
A reporter traveling on Air Force One today with the president asked Andrew Bates, a White House spokesman, about the “wild” posts Trump has been making about the cocaine found at the White House. Bates was asked about Trump’s accusation that the coke was probably Hunter’s or his father’s. His answer was odd. Bates brought up the Hatch Act as a reason not to answer.
To recap, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was found to have violated the Hatch Act and provided election interference before the midterm elections in 2022 by using the term “Mega MAGA Republicans” from the podium in the press briefing room. According to the OSC, using MAGA is off-limits because Trump is a candidate again and it is a campaign slogan. Because KJP is the president’s spokesperson, and he is also a candidate, when she repeats those words, she is providing election interference under the Hatch Act.
OSC decided that “federal employees should not use “MAGA” or “Make America Great Again” while on duty, in the workplace, or when acting in their official capacity, including communicating through social media, email, or on government websites.” At the time, KJP brushed off the violation and said she was given clearance to use it when she did. From whom that clearance came, she didn’t say. Not long after that, though, Andrew Bates released a memo that was a jab in the eye of the OSC because he deliberately used “MAGA” in it.
Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates wrote in a memo that Republicans’ “main economic agenda item” is “MAGA tax welfare for the richest Americans and giant corporations, at the expense of continuing to grow our economy by investing in America.”
It indicated that the White House communications department really had no intention of following the OSC’s guidance. That tracked at the time with the general arrogance of the Biden White House and it’s roster of woefully inept and incompetent staff.
Today when Bates was asked about the cocaine, suddenly he is all about keeping his mouth shut out of an abundance of caution over potentially violating the Hatch Act. Weird.
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https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/07/06/white-house-spox-has-an-odd-reason-to-refuse-to-rule-out-the-cocaine-found-at-white-house-is-hunters-n562872
White House spox has an odd reason to refuse to rule out the cocaine found at White House is Hunter'sKAREN TOWNSEND 8:01 PM on July 06, 2023
The story of the cocaine found at the White House will be with us for a while. One reason is because the White House is not doing a great job in managing the story.
A reporter traveling on Air Force One today with the president asked Andrew Bates, a White House spokesman, about the “wild” posts Trump has been making about the cocaine found at the White House. Bates was asked about Trump’s accusation that the coke was probably Hunter’s or his father’s. His answer was odd. Bates brought up the Hatch Act as a reason not to answer.
To recap, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was found to have violated the Hatch Act and provided election interference before the midterm elections in 2022 by using the term “Mega MAGA Republicans” from the podium in the press briefing room. According to the OSC, using MAGA is off-limits because Trump is a candidate again and it is a campaign slogan. Because KJP is the president’s spokesperson, and he is also a candidate, when she repeats those words, she is providing election interference under the Hatch Act.
OSC decided that “federal employees should not use “MAGA” or “Make America Great Again” while on duty, in the workplace, or when acting in their official capacity, including communicating through social media, email, or on government websites.” At the time, KJP brushed off the violation and said she was given clearance to use it when she did. From whom that clearance came, she didn’t say. Not long after that, though, Andrew Bates released a memo that was a jab in the eye of the OSC because he deliberately used “MAGA” in it.
Deputy press secretary Andrew Bates wrote in a memo that Republicans’ “main economic agenda item” is “MAGA tax welfare for the richest Americans and giant corporations, at the expense of continuing to grow our economy by investing in America.”
It indicated that the White House communications department really had no intention of following the OSC’s guidance. That tracked at the time with the general arrogance of the Biden White House and it’s roster of woefully inept and incompetent staff.
Today when Bates was asked about the cocaine, suddenly he is all about keeping his mouth shut out of an abundance of caution over potentially violating the Hatch Act. Weird.
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