Posted on 07/06/2023 12:21:38 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates could not say whether or not the cocaine found at the White House on Sunday belong to Hunter or President Joe Biden, citing the Hatch Act
“Are you willing to say that that’s not the case? That it [cocaine] doesn’t belong to them?” a reporter asked Bates on Thursday aboard Air Force One.
“I don’t have a response to that because we have to be careful about the Hatch Act,” he claimed.
The reporter did not follow up with Bates on how the Hatch Act applied to the situation
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The Hatch Act is completely irrelevant as it pertains to limits on certain types of political activities.
“we have to be careful about the Hatch Act”
That sounds like a backdoor admission that it does belong to one of them. After all, the only conceivable way the Hatch Act comes into play is if admitting the truth would be equivalent to a campaign contribution to the opposition. If the answer is “no”, the Hatch Act would be irrelevant, so the answer must therefore be “yes”.
Yes, my thoughts exactly. Can’t see any other explanation.
“If you like your cocaine, you can keep your cocaine.” - Barack Obama, 2008
Huh? I don’t get it!
The Hatch Act of 1939, An Act to Prevent Pernicious Political Activities, is a United States federal law. Its main provision prohibits civil-service employees in the executive branch of the federal government, except the president and vice president, from engaging in some forms of political activity.
Could an 80 year old man be snorting cocaine?
Part of the trolling by White House.
They don’t care - extremist marxist international Biden crime syndicate does not care.
If you cannot say its his. 😆
Following for the priceless comments 😂
Lucky for Biden press bimbos and pretentious press ‘men’ are not curious... well, unless Biden’s goons TELL them to be curious (a sign it’s not Hunter).
I remember when journalist weren’t the corrupt propaganda arm of white liberal power ‘elites’....
In practice the Hatch Act is acknowledged but indifferently enforce by GOP administrations, “What’s a Hatch Act?” by Rat administrations.
I’ve often thought the only solution is if you go to work for FedGov you can’t vote in FedGov elections.
Solution, have an election week,
1. Tuesday: city\county elections,
2. Wednesday: state elections, and
3. Thursday Federal office elections.
FedGov workers can vote in city\county & state elections. State employees can vote in Federal office elections & city\county elections. City\county employees can vote in Federal & state elections.
You must be more than 100 years old ...
That’s a new one. First time in history a democrat even acknowledged the existence of the Hatch act, even though he obviously is not citing it correctly.,
When this news first broke, any other president would have expressed anger over the situation, and pledged to quickly find and prosecute the person responsible. Not Joe Biden.
My aunt worked for the FedGov in the White House, and she had a strict rule to never vote or barely even talked about federal elections. I’m betting the Hatch Act is exactly why. She would vote in local and state elections, but never federal.
The implication is that possession of a controlled substance on Federal property is a political act?
I heard it was dropped by one of the J6’ers and cleanup just missed it.
Was that her personal rule or was it WH employment policy?
I don’t see that it’s impossible for an 80 year old to snort cocaine.
I think it was her personal choice, but maybe she had been instructed about that. I don’t really know. I can’t ask her either. She departed this earth a few years ago.
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