Trump Space-themed Campaign Spurs Anger, Might Have Broken Law

[Judi Lynn]

June 4, 2020 Doug Messier

UPDATE: The campaign ad has been removed from YouTube.

President Donald Trump’s new campaign commercial that focuses on America’s space program has spurred anger and might have broken the law by featuring NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon last week.

Former NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver tweeted:

Total politicization of ⁦@NASA⁩, Bob, Doug & ⁦@SpaceX⁩. Did they want to be used in a Trump campaign ad? Are these FEC [Federal Election Commission] & Hatch Act violations? “We are Americans & the future belongs totally to us” Really? Space should be healing, not dividing!

The Hatch Act limits the ability of federal employees to become involved in political activities. Behnken and Hurley are government employees because they work for NASA.

More:
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2020/06/04/trump-space-themed-campaign-spurs-anger-might-have-broken-law/

[thucythucy]

1. "We are Americans and the future belongs totally to us"?

Really?

I suspect the rest of humanity--you know, the billions of people who AREN'T Americans--might feel entitled to some of that future as well.

[SamKnause]

2. The U.S. thinks it owns the universe.

[ChazInAz]

3. Remember?

The closing song in "Cabaret"?
Chilling little number.

[thucythucy]

4. Yup.

All those young Nazis. Trump's kind of people.