Trump Forces Federal Worker Emails To Blame Democrats For The Shutdown

As the government shutdown continues on, the Trump administration has amped up its efforts to blame Democrats for the failure. Department of education employees were surprised to find that their emails had automatically been changed to blame Democrats for the shutdown. In addition to the email away messages, some government websites are displaying banners blaming the radical left for the shutdown. Many have pointed out that the partisan messaging is a violation of the Hatch Act. Trump, a convicted criminal, and his administration perpetually violate the law.

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As the government shutdown continues on, the Trump administration has amped up its efforts to blame Democrats for the failure. Department of education employees were surprised to find that their emails had automatically been changed to blame Democrats for the shutdown. At least five furloughed employees reported that the nonpartisan out of office messages were changed without their permission to partisan ones. One employee changed the message back to a nonpartisan one, only to have it changed again without permission to the partisan one. Of course, many have pointed out that the partisan messaging is a violation of the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act, a 1939 federal law, restricts partisan political activities of federal employees. The purpose of the act is to ensure that federal programs are administered in a nonpartisan fashion. Trump, a convicted criminal and civilly liable for sexual abuse and his administration perpetually violate the law.

In addition to the email away messages, some government websites are displaying banners blaming the radical left for the shutdown. As Trump and Republicans continue to violate established laws, it is important to remember what is at stake during this shutdown. Obamacare health care subsidies expire at the end of this year. More than twenty two million people could see their premiums double from approximately eight hundred and eighty eight dollars a year to over nineteen hundred. Furthermore, Republicans have for the first time used simple majority votes to strip away items which were approved by compromise in previous budget negotiations. With bad faith actors clearly willing to violate the law on one side, calls for Democrats to hold the line have grown even louder. An energized left wing of the party is celebrating the shutdown as the first real sign of resistance against the administration. Republicans need five Democratic senators to break in order to reopen the government. Given the stakes and previous behavior of this Congress, it is likely that the shutdown is not going to end anytime soon.