Uses the trappings of the White House for reelection bid [View all]
By NOAH BIERMAN
JUL 03, 2019 | 5:00 AM
| WASHINGTON
... Trump, breaking with tradition, is preparing to speak at the Fourth of July celebration on the National Mall, deploying tanks and fighter jets for an extravaganza for which the Republican National Committee is providing VIP tickets to big donors. Critics say the event, which has long highlighted nonpartisan national unity, is being transformed into a costly, taxpayer-funded “Make America Great Again” rally.
And Trump has brushed aside a recommendation by an independent ethics enforcer whom he appointed that his counselor, Kellyanne Conway, be fired for repeatedly violating and mocking a federal law known as the Hatch Act, which prohibits employees from using their official position for partisan purposes.
“Blah, blah, blah,” Conway told a reporter who asked her about an earlier violation. “Let me know when the jail sentence starts” ...
But the concern over politicization goes considerably beyond Conway’s case ...
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-office-presidency-2020-reelection-20190703-story.html
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