"White House Admits Trump Is Using Official Events For Midterm Campaigning"

[edhopper]

And nothing will be done. A lawless Administration.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-official-campaign_us_5b7c896ce4b07295150dc45d

WASHINGTON ― Top White House staffers on Tuesday said that “official” government events are part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to help Republicans in the coming midterm elections ― an admission that public dollars are being used for partisan political purposes.

One staff member on a conference call with reporters, responding to whether Trump planned to visit “purple” congressional districts rather than the safely Republican ones he favors, pointed out that Cabinet members ― including Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, acting Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler and Energy Secretary Rick Perry ― are already doing that.

[C_U_L8R]

1. The cabinet is out campaigning too??!!

This is so fucking illegal. And we're paying for it (in every way).

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. If any living Dem did this ONCE, they would be hounded out of politics instantly.

Our system is broken.

Even our media STILL has to pretend that both sides do stuff.

[gratuitous]

3. Gee, does anyone remember the calm, composed reaction from Fox and the Republicans?

When President Obama was lending a little star power to Democratic candidates, Republicans and the folks at Fox went ballistic about how the President wasn't attending to his official duties and maybe spending taxpayer dollars on partisan campaigns. Obama was, of course, quite capable of discharging his duties as well as campaigning. Also, he wasn't spending Treasury money for these trips or appearances, because he understood the law.

In 2018, Republicans apparently can't care less about whether the president is doing his job or campaigning for candidates on the public dime.

[justgamma]

7. Heck, I remember when

they went ballistic because they thought Gore may have used the phone in the Vice President's residence to make a phone call.

[haele]

4. Hatch Act violation anyone?

Good lord, if I even had a discussion comparing political parties at a government work site during election season, I'd be disciplined.
Bumper stickers are as far as they let us go.

Haele

[Frustratedlady]

5. I thought the RNC had to pick up the expenses if it was for campaigning?

Didn't "W" get in trouble for that?

[HipChick]

6. So our taxpayer money is being used to pay for this moron to dribble his crap

to his deplorables?