Posted on 06/23/2018 4:38:53 PM PDT by mandaladon
The former director of the Office of Government Ethics said on Saturday that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s decision to tweet about being kicked out of a Virginia restaurant violated ethics laws.
Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Va., on Friday night, but confirmed the incident in a Saturday morning tweet.
The tweet also violated the endorsements ban, Shaub argued, since Sanders’s tweet was “an obvious corollary for discouraging patronage." Walter Shaub, the federal government's former top ethics watchdog, tweeted that Sanders's response, which was made from her official White House account, was a clear violation of federal law.
“Sarah, I know you don’t care even a tiny little bit about the ethics rules, but using your official account for this is a clear violation of 5 CFR 2635.702(a),” Shaub tweeted Saturday, referencing the law that states government employees cannot use public office for private gain.
“It’s the same as if an ATF agent pulled out his badge when a restaurant tried to throw him/her out,” he added. “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for [President Trump] and I politely left,” Sanders tweeted. “Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so.”
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Yah,sure...pull the other one,it's got bells on.
“The former director of the Office of Government Ethics said on Saturday that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s decision to tweet about being kicked out of a Virginia restaurant violated ethics laws. “
What did he say about James Comey, Loretta Lynch and Hillary Clinton?
Red Hen Restaurant.
Now on list of places not to be patronized.
IMHO
Undear leftists...
GO TO HELL!
Having a personal opinion about a private business isn’t a violation of ethics.
What an idiot.
“Walter Shaub, the federal government’s former top ethics watchdog..”
Go to hell schmuck.
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And bumble bees can’t fly according to the laws of aerodynamics...
YAWN!
Mengele? Didn’t he write that song “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue”
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“Dead Hen” restaurant!
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OK. So, it’s up to the President to discipline her as a staffer. That means she must not go to one week’s press conferences to be abused by the Media arm of the DNC. Sounds fair to me.
Ethics? In the District of Corruption? Now that’s funny. I don’t care who you are, that’s funny right there.
“Walter Shaub, the federal government’s former top ethics watchdog..”
Go to hell schmuck.
Perhaps the accuser felt she ended up binge eating after twitting and thus had a ‘personal gain.’ (sarcasm)
What an idiot!
Asshole would be just as accurate.
Nonsense. This guy is nothing but a swamp dweller who hates Trump. Note the owner asked her staff what to do, and one source said she employs some homosexuals. The staff encouraged her to boot Sanders. “Tolerance” for me but not for thee. What crap!
So in the Liberal mind, forcing bakers to make cakes is just fine. In fact if the baker balls at all, he should be driven out of business.
But, a restaurant can order a person to leave the establishment because of their profession or employer.
If not for double standards; Liberals would have no standards at all.
Does this guy work for the FBI?
Every door we get closer. The shootin’ should start pretty soon now.
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