Trump has now used a WH pardon and a naturalization ceremony during a political convention.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Let's get this out of the way. Those men in uniform opening the doors? Those are not soldiers. Those are Marines.

Some people are confused by that. Also, I'm sure they did not volunteer to appear in convention footage.

HumanSexDrugHat Retweeted

The president has now used a pardon and a naturalization ceremony, both at the White house, during a political convention. #RNC2020

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Chad Wolf: "Mr. President, I want to again commend you for your dedication to the rule of law." #RepublicanConvention

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The White House explanation is bizarre and vague. I’m not sure what they were trying to say. They can’t possibly mean they publiclicized that they were going to pull this stunt. So I can only guess that they mean they posted the video somewhere online first and think that...

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Imagine had Obama done that? The OUTRAGE would be horrendous.....

from the Republicans. Using the People's House as a political prop and using people in such an immoral manner.

[NYC Liberal]

3. Reagan used the Oval Office to give a campaign speech in prime time the night before the 84 election

Republicans don't care about the law, or even just ethics.

[NYC Liberal]

2. Their "excuse" is that Trump the President held a ceremony in the WH in the afternoon

and then Trump the Candidate just happened to see the footage that was posted on the WH website and decided to use it for his campaign like anyone could have.

See, it totally wasn't planned as a campaign event at all! Totally not illegal!

[Laelth]

4. Blatant violations of the Hatch Act.

As was a) Secretary Pompeo delivering a speech (at all) and b) delivering it from our embassy in Jerusalem.

Their defense? “Well, we told you we were going to do it, and nobody stopped us, so it must be OK.”

Second line of defense: “Aw, come on. We’ve done a lot of stuff that’s MUCH WORSE than this. Get over it.”



-Laelth

[BKDem]

5. Violating the Hatch Act is the least of this asshole's crimes.

[dreamland]

6. The Hatch act is a joke for them.

While he remains in office, they will violate any and every act that once kept politicians in check. They have no sense of justice except their own.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Two of the immigrants naturalized in the Trump-led ceremony at the RNC were not asked or informed...

EnoughWithTheTestingHat Retweeted

This is....an astonishing story by
@tparti
and
@MichaelCBender
. Two of the immigrants naturalized in the Trump-led ceremony at the RNC were not asked or informed until minutes that Trump would be there and were not informed it would be part of the RNC.
https://wsj.com/articles/immigrants-in-trump-led-ceremony-didnt-know-they-would-appear-at-rnc-11598481345

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[kskiska]

8. Maybe he'll top all that tonight with a live execution

to demonstrate "law and order."

[chriscan64]

9. Colbert made a good point about this last night.

Mark Meadows said something about how only people within the Beltway know or care about the Hatch Act. It is still a law. Many outside Wall Street don't know all the SEC regulations but violators don't get a pass.