Pentagon says Hegseth campaigning against Massie in 'personal capacity'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Pentagon is pushing back on allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is politicizing the military with his planned Monday appearance in Kentucky to campaign for the man who is challenging Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) in Tuesday’s Republican primary.

“Secretary Hegseth is attending this event in his personal capacity,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement to The Hill. “No taxpayer dollars will be used to facilitate his visit. His participation has been thoroughly vetted and cleared by lawyers, including the Department of War Office of General Counsel, and does not violate the Hatch Act or any other applicable federal statute.”

Hegseth has been accused of potentially violating the Hatch Act in stumping for former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein, the Trump-backed GOP candidate challenging Massie. Under federal law, executive branch employees — with the exception of the president and vice president — are limited in using government resources or their official titles for partisan political activity.

The appearance also would mark an unprecedented breach of the tradition that a serving Defense secretary stay away from such political activities to maintain the military’s apolitical image.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-says-hegseth-campaigning-against-150835601.html

[jls4561]

1. Since tiny penis Pete took a government plane to Kentucky and has government security, I trust he will be reimbursing

the government for these expenses and will not collect his salary for the time he spent doing “private citizen” stuff.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. Wow

[rampartd]

3. who is paying the defense secretary, in his personal capacity?

"hatch act smacth act," and whose airplane is he using?, in his personal capacity?

meanwhile my governor, in his capacity as viceroy of greenland, was safely well north of baton rouge when his mandate from heaven was tested at the ballot box.
landry was accompanied by some sort of witch doctor from rfk. the chief of greenland told him flat out "you will not be performing medical experiments on my people."

"if they don't give me what we want i will just talk to somebody who will" trump.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[C_U_L8R]

5. How many fluid ounces in his personal capacity?

Hiccup. There goes the Foster Brooks of the Military Industrial Complex.

[karynnj]

6. Isn't it against the Hatch Act?

Consider that as members of the Cabinet, Hillary Clinton did not attend the 2012 Democratic convention and John Kerry did not attend the 2016 Democratic convention. This when, unlike Hegseth, they had already been important politically.