Now in Government Food Aid Boxes: A Letter From Donald Trump

[fleur-de-lisa]

https://www.propublica.org/article/now-in-government-food-aid-boxes-a-letter-from-donald-trump

Democrats say the letter violates the law against using government resources to campaign. It’s just the latest example of President Trump using his office to boost his reelection hopes.

Millions of Americans who are struggling to put food on the table may discover a new item in government-funded relief packages of fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and meat: a letter signed by President Donald Trump.

The message, printed on White House letterhead in both English and Spanish, touts the administration’s response to the coronavirus, including aid provided through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, a U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative to buy fresh food and ship it to needy families.

The letter is reminiscent of Trump’s effort to put his signature on stimulus checks and send a signed letter to millions of recipients. It’s the latest example of the president blurring his official duties with his reelection campaign, most prominently by hosting Trump’s acceptance speech for the Republican nomination last week on the White House lawn.

Democratic lawmakers have gone so far as to say the USDA letter violates the federal Hatch Act. The law prohibits government officials from using their positions or taxpayer resources to engage in electioneering. Though the president himself is exempt, the ban applies to White House staff and agencies such as the USDA.

[KPN]

1. You know damn well if any Democrat did that Mitch

and his GOP cronies would support impeachment.

[FM123]

2. Wow.

Any day now he is going to start dropping maga pamphlets from the sky like his NK friend Rocket Man.....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Not to mention the irony.

The GOP's position is that social programs are bad and that the government shouldn't help the poor because they're lazy people who refuse to pull themselves up by their bootstraps - but they're happy to use those programs and the people who benefit from them as campaign props during an election season.

[Walleye]

7. And in Spanish,too

[Bayard]

4. Vote for Me!

I'm the reason you're in this predicament! Yay.

I bet he'd start supporting the Post Office if they put his ugly face on a postage stamp.

Who in their right mind exempted the president form the Hatch Act? People that thought one would never go this low?

[Atticus]

5. To those who have received such packages: "We regret that we were unable to provlde

more than one sheet of poor quality toilet paper. While the words on it may be toxic, the actual paper is not. Once you've used the sheet, please mail it to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C."

[CrispyQ]

6. Every day I read a new outrage & I ask the same damned question: Who is going to stop him?

Because if our only plan is that the voters are going to stop him on November 3rd, then we'd better get ready for a second term and the total scorching of our country. Yes we need to vote him out, but I feel like we as a nation, that we democrats, are in wait mode until November & then we'll just hope for the best. Someone better have a Plan B. Hell, someone better have a Plan A.

[a kennedy]

9. Ya know what is funny/discouraging........this is EXACTLY what Mary Trump told us......

ALL HIS LIFE HE HAS NEVER BEEN CHALLENGED, NEVER BEEN TOLD NO, AND NOW LOOK AT HIM..........no one challenges him, no one has the balls to tell him no. We are just so screwed. He is totaling destroying our country, and nothing or no can stop him. I totally despise him.

[procon]

8. Who is paying for this stunt?

Where did the money come from to pay for the paper, and printing costs, and the staffing to stuff the advertising flyer into the boxes?

[CrispyQ]

10. Remember when Kushner used the phrase "our stockpile" in regards to the federal supply of PPE?

They have not come right out and said it, but they think of the treasury as "our treasury." Divert funds for congressionally approved programs to Con approved programs. If he manages to steal another term, there will be no congressional oversight on where our taxes go.