Over the past few nights, it has been sickening to watch Donald Trump's shameless and illegal exploitation of the Office of the Presidency and the official powers of the federal government in the service of his re-election campaign. By using the White House backdrop and Secretary of State Pompeo's official overseas trip for purely political purposes, the Trump administration demonstrated once again a blatant disregard for federal law and established norms to advance his campaign.
Despite his concerted efforts to block immigrants from becoming American citizens, last night Trump even used the White House and federal employees to conduct an official naturalization ceremony as part of a campaign stunt at the Republican National Convention.
The entire production — using the taxpayer-supported White House and US government employees as an extension of his political campaign — reveals a total contempt for American voters and our system of government.
Unfortunately, Trump's Senate enablers have made it clear that he can violate the Constitution and engage in impeachable behavior without consequences. That's why it's up to us to do everything we can to Stop Trump and take back the Senate in November. Pitch in what you can to help us beat Trump's GOP before it's too late for our democracy!
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Beyond Trump's ongoing abuse of office, the participation of a sitting Secretary of State in this purely political event was a violation of the Hatch Act — the federal law that bans federal employees from engaging in political activities when on official duty.
Secretary Pompeo's disgraceful and unethical use of an official, taxpayer-supported trip to deliver a divisive and partisan speech at the Republican Convention, is topped only by the hypocrisy of the fact that — just one month ago — State Department employees received legal guidance, under the signature of Pompeo himself, regarding adherence to the Hatch Act. The Secretary of State clearly doesn't believe the same federal legal standards apply to himself.
There is truly no bottom for the Trump administration or their allies and enablers in the Senate. Rush a donation now to help save our democracy by defeating them soundly in November!
Onwards,
Chris
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