The Mikado
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« on: August 27, 2020, 12:17:54 AM » |
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If anyone was wondering who the last sitting Secretary of State to address a convention was, it was William Rogers at the 1972 RNC, nearly 50 years ago. It's long enough ago that it'd be like someone trying to do something in the 2068 RNC and saying "But Trump pardoned someone on live TV during his convention!"
Anyway, maybe the Hatch Act should have some sort of actual penalty attached to it other than getting a stern talking to and finger waggling. Until then, it's hard to take it seriously. (This predates Trump, btw)
If staffers faced fines or dismissal or a bar from future government service for violating the Hatch Act, they'd be a lot more careful about it.
And, yes, I know the President and Vice President are immune from the Hatch Act, but everyone else, including every person who works for either of them, isn't immune from it.
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