Government watchdog: Trump aide Conway should be fired for political commentsQuote:[...]
A statement from the Office of Special Counsel cited Conway’s comments in television interviews and social media posts as violations of the Hatch Act, a 1939 law prohibiting executive branch employees from engaging in some political activities. The president, vice president and certain other senior officials are exempted.
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White House deputy press secretary Steven Groves said the OSC action violated Conway’s constitutional rights to free speech and due process and was pushed by media pressure and liberal organizations.
Should the Hatch Act, being unconstitutional, be repealed a long time ago?
@coldjoint,
The white House are experts in unconstitutional acts, they commit so many of them.
Black Pigeon Speaks youtube channel removed today without any warning, despite following all of youtube's weird rules and having MILLIONS of views and a large fan base.
They'll come for you next. Wrong-think will not be allowed. The truth is actively being suppressed.
@coldjoint,
coldjoint wrote:
Quote:The White House immediately rejected the special counsel office’s ruling.
End of story.
So the White House decides what law is constitutional.
Thanks.
@coldjoint,
coldjoint wrote:Congress thinks that they do. After all they are equal branches of government.
Thanks. (We've constitutional courts here for state and federal constitutions [mainly for judicial review, and only they can declare legislation unconstitutional]- on federal level it's actually the highest German court. So please excuse if my question sounded dumb.)
Well, she lasted longer than most...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving the White House at the end of the month, Trump says
PUBLISHED 2 HOURS AGOUPDATED 19 MIN AGO
Jacob Pramuk
Sarah Huckabee Sanders to step down as White House press secretary
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders will leave the job at the end of the month, President Donald Trump said Thursday.
In a pair of tweets, the president said Sanders will return to her home state of Arkansas — and urged her to run for governor. He thanked her for what he called a “job well done” in the White House. Trump did not immediately announce who would succeed her.
Donald J. Trump
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After 3 1/2 years, our wonderful Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be leaving the White House at the end of the month and going home to the Great State of Arkansas.......She is a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job! I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas - she would be fantastic. Sarah, thank you for a job well done!
4:10 PM - Jun 13, 2019
Speaking at a White House event on hiring former inmates released under legislation passed last year, Sanders called the job the “honor” and “opportunity of a lifetime.” She added that she “loved every minute, even the hard minutes.”
Sanders did not say whether she would take another job in Arkansas or run for governor. But she stressed that she will “continue to be one of the most outspoken and loyal supporters of the president and his agenda.”
Sanders was on the 2016 Trump campaign’s communications team. She was a deputy press secretary when Trump took office before she succeeded Sean Spicer as press secretary in July 2017.
Sanders had an often adversarial relationship with the media.
The press secretary faced criticism for giving answers from the White House podium that were misleading or contradicted what the president’s public comments. In one notable episode, she claimed after former FBI Director James Comey’s firing that “countless” agents within the bureau had lost confidence in him. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his Russia investigation released in May contradicted her characterization.
This year, the press secretary largely disappeared from the job’s traditional role as the public face of the administration. She last held a press briefing on March 11, 94 days ago.
Sanders’ departure continues a tumultuous run for a White House communications shop that has a difficult task in controlling the message of a freewheeling president. The White House currently has no communications director. Five people have held the job in the roughly 2½ years of Trump’s presidency — most recently former Fox News executive Bill Shine.
Sanders did not immediately return CNBC’s request to comment.
@neptuneblue,
Kind of glad to hear that. I never liked her, but she always looked so sad when she got caught in another lie. I just felt sorry for her.
Trump will probably find someone with more talent in that direction.
@roger,
Wonder if she quit or was canned. I felt sorry for her too. She was just a hapless warbling omnibus of ick.
Is this business in the Gulf of Something us? Abe was meeting with Iran. He was THERE. It was a significant meeting.
Our greatest fear is losing the petrodollar... Iran is completely hostile to us; Abe tired of getting dicked around... The only thing that makes sense is false flag on our part to gin up a war to dominate Iran and push Abe back on his heels.
What do you say?
@Lash,
Quote: I felt sorry for her too. She was just a hapless warbling omnibus of ick.
With the massive kickbacks involved in US political circles, you'd think a more talented bunch would be attracted to the job.
@Builder,
Right! Where are the quick-witted quipsters who can run the room like a pool-shark?
That’s entertainment!
@Lash,
Lash wrote:Our greatest fear is losing the petrodollar...
There is no such thing as a petrodollar.
We do not fear losing imaginary things.
Lash wrote:Iran is completely hostile to us;
What Iran needs is a good thorough bombardment by the US Air Force -- nothing superficial, but rather an extended bombing campaign that really pummels them relentlessly.
