'Cruel, crass, and illegal': Democrats slam inclusion of Trump-signed letters in federal food boxes
Source: raw story
Published 1 min ago on September 2, 2020
“Trump and his minions have been trying to yank food from hungry children and families and he is now putting notes in pandemic food boxes to claim credit.”
Congressional Democrats are accusing the White House of violating federal law by including a “self-promoting” letter signed by President Donald Trump in government food aid boxes, a move critics slammed as particularly cynical given the administration’s ongoing efforts to rip nutrition benefits from millions of low-income Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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In a letter (pdf) to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue last month, 49 House Democrats wrote that “using a federal relief program to distribute a self-promoting letter from the president to American families just three months before the presidential election is inappropriate and a violation of federal law,” citing the Hatch Act’s prohibition on executive branch employees using their official capacity to influence an election.
“A public health crisis is not an opportunity for the administration to promote its own political interests,” the lawmakers wrote. “Likewise, a federal food assistance program should not be used as a tool for the president to exploit taxpayer dollars for his reelection campaign.”............................
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/cruel-crass-and-illegal-democrats-slam-inclusion-of-trump-signed-letters-in-federal-food-boxes/
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“The Trump White House is using your tax dollars to advertise on stimulus checks and food relief packages. How many more Americans could be fed if federal funds weren’t used on these illegal stunts?”
—Julián Castro
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