Anybody (especially Fake News media) who thinks that Repeal & Replace of ObamaCare is dead does not know the love and strength in R Party!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 2, 2017
Oh really? That's not what he tweeted on March 27:
The Republican House Freedom Caucus was able to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. After so many bad years they were ready for a win!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2017
And it isn't what he tweeted again on March 30. Twice:
The Freedom Caucus will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don't get on the team, & fast. We must fight them, & Dems, in 2018!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2017
If @RepMarkMeadows, @Jim_Jordan and @Raul_Labrador would get on board we would have both great healthcare and massive tax cuts & reform.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 30, 2017
So much for "love" and so much for Trump telling the truth.
By the way; One of Trump's staffers also tweeted this the day before:
.@realDonaldTrump is bringing auto plants & jobs back to Michigan. @justinamash is a big liability.#TrumpTrain, defeat him in primary.— Dan Scavino Jr. (@DanScavino) April 1, 2017
Which is an electoral use of federal law prohibiting the use of White House resources for political activities. The law, known as the Hatch Act, dates from 1939. According to WikiPedia:
The Hatch Act of 1939, officially An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law whose main provision prohibits employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president, vice-president, and certain designated high-level officials of that branch,[1] from engaging in some forms of political activity. The law was named for Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico. It was most recently amended in 2012.
The law applies to federal employees other than the President and Vice President. It prohibits the following for them:
- use official authority or influence to interfere with an election
- solicit or discourage political activity of anyone with business before their agency
- solicit or receive political contributions (may be done in certain limited situations by federal labor or other employee organizations)
- be candidates for public office in partisan elections
- engage in political activity while:
- on duty:
- in a government office
- wearing an official uniform
- using a government vehicle
- wear partisan political buttons on duty
Because Scaviano identifies himself as a White House employee and uses a White House photograph in his Twitter account, he is technically violating federal law by telling people not to vote for a Reoublican who didn't go along with Trump.
Ah, but that's the "love" within the Republican party, right?
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