Kellyanne Conway is a federal employee. As White House counselor, she is basically a well-paid executive branch federal employee, but a federal employee, nonetheless. So, as a White Walker affirmative-action hire, she isnβt supposed to be bashing Democratic presidential candidates.
On Thursday, the Office of Special Counsel informed the White House that because Conway canβt stop flapping her jowls, she has, in fact, violated the Hatch Act, which prohibits White Walkers from coming beyond the wall low-level federal employees from campaigning for or against candidates running for office.
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The Washington Post reports that President Trump was sent a letter asking that his counselor be βremoved from federal service.β The letter included the phrases, βnumerous occasionsβ and βrepeat offender.β
βMs. Conwayβs violations, if left unpunished, would send a message to all federal employees that they need not abide by the Hatch Actβs restrictions. Her actions thus erode the principal foundation of our democratic systemβthe rule of law,β the letter said, CBS News reports.
As you may have already guessed, given the presidentβs inability to keep his thoughts to himself, the president and vice president are exempt from the Hatch Act. Mike Pence reportedly mimed that he doesnβt give a shit about the Hatch Act because he doesnβt talk. He then walked out of the Oval Office like a robot.
The Office of Special Counselβa βquasi-judicial independent agency that adjudicates claims of retaliation by whistleblowers and administers the Hatch Act and other civil service rules,β the Washington Post notesβfound two violations in March in which Conway reportedly pushed for one candidate in the 2017 Alabama special election for U.S. Senate and encouraged folks not to vote for another.
But it appears that Conway wants all the smoke, according to the Washington Examiner. βWhen asked about the Hatch Act, she stated, βIf youβre trying to silence me through the Hatch Act, itβs not going to work,β and βLet me know when the jail sentence starts.ββ
Please, golden-fleece-diapered baby Jesus, let her know when the jail sentence starts. Please.
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