He attended protests.
“participation with hate or extremist groups of any kind”
Or association with anyone that disagrees with the regime. Biden calls MAGA ‘extremists”.
i.e. he had a contrary opinion.
“He attended protests.”
He’s allowed to based upon the Hatch Act. The problem is not that he can go but that he openly participated in a political side that was inconsistent with the needs of getting votes from the “oppressed.” It is more than possible if he had been in support of the other side he would have been ignored as the changes by DOD in previous years called attacking the LGB-—— category of people was considered extremist and qualified for hate crimes whether physical or not. He just chose the wrong side to be right about.
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