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speak easy

(12,598 posts)
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:10 AM Jul 2024

Pete.

No he does not bring any State to the table. The only question is how well he gets on with Kamala.

Pete would slaughter JD Vance, calling him out on every lie with the skill of a surgeon. I would love to see that phony hillibily asshat sliced and diced into little pieces. (Hint: Vance would not show up)

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elleng

(141,926 posts)
1. He's a SUPER communicator, and must be used that way,
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:16 AM
Jul 2024

as candidate for something or 'just' spokesman.

elleng

(141,926 posts)
5. The 1939 Act forbids the intimidation or bribery of voters and restricts political campaign activities by federal employ
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:23 AM
Jul 2024

It prohibits using any public funds designated for relief or public works for electoral purposes. It forbids officials paid with federal funds from using promises of jobs, promotion, financial assistance, contracts, or any other benefit to coerce campaign contributions or political support. It provides that persons below the policy-making level in the executive branch of the federal government must not only refrain from political practices that would be illegal for any citizen, but must abstain from "any active part" in political campaigns, using this language to specify those who are exempt:[9]

(i) an employee paid from an appropriation for the Executive Office of the President; or
(ii) an employee appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, whose position is located within the United States, who determines policies to be pursued by the United States in the nationwide administration of Federal laws.
The act also precludes federal employees from membership in "any political organization which advocates the overthrow of our constitutional form of government",[10] a provision meant to prohibit membership in organizations on the far left and far right, such as the Communist Party USA and the German-American Bund.[11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act

elleng

(141,926 posts)
8. You're welcome. IMPORTANT:
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:30 AM
Jul 2024

In 1993 the advocates for removing or modifying restrictions on the political activities of federal employees succeeded in enacting the Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1993 (107 Stat. 1001) that removed the prohibition on participation in "political management or political campaigns". Federal employees are still forbidden to use their authority to affect the results of an election. They are also forbidden to run for office in a partisan election, to solicit or receive political contributions, and to engage in political activities while on duty or on federal property.[22]

President Barack Obama signed the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 on December 28, 2012.

speak easy

(12,598 posts)
9. "President Barack Obama signed the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012"
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:33 AM
Jul 2024

and Trump held a rally on the South Lawn, marines in tow.

captain queeg

(11,780 posts)
2. Yeah I'd like to see him as VP. Don't know if the country is ready for that ticket but given the opposition maybe so.
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 02:17 AM
Jul 2024

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