How Trump's 4th of July Hijacking Could Violate the Hatch Act
Is President Trump trying to hijack the Independence Day celebration on the National Mall by turning it into a taxpayer-funded campaign rally? If he does, the Trump administration will violate federal appropriations law and the Hatch Act. In that case, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale had better have the campaign’s checkbook handy and be ready to write plenty of zeros.
At a kick-off rally for his re-election campaign last week, Trump sounded a lot like he was laying the groundwork for politicizing America’s birthday party—
This election is not merely a verdict on the amazing progress we’ve made. It’s a verdict on the un-American conduct of those who tried to undermine our great democracy, and undermine you. And by the way, on July 4th, in Washington, D.C., come on down, we’re going have a big day. Bring your flags, bring those flags, bring those American flags, July 4th. We’re going to have hundreds of thousands of people. We’re going to celebrate America. Sounds good, right? July 4th. Celebrate America. This election is a verdict on whether we want to live in a country where the people who lose an election refuse to concede and spend the next two years trying to shred our Constitution and rip your country apart.
The very next day, Trump’s Interior Secretary, David Bernhardt, responded by issuing an announcement confirming that the July 4th event “will feature remarks by President Donald J. Trump.” Trump’s participation in the event will likely command the attention of major television networks and thousands of event goers on the National Mall. It’s the kind of advertising no other presidential candidate could buy, and it appears Trump’s campaign won’t be buying it either. The plan, it seems, is to stick you with the bill.
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And they probably will ... but then our Corporate Media will ignore it and slobber all over IQ45's speech instead proclaiming him ZOMG Teh Ultimate Mega-Merkan Statesman!1!!! 
Inject 45 with some magical “truth serum,” and you’d get: “Bring your flags, bring those flags, bring those North Korean flags, those Saudi flags, those Russian flags, and that white flag of total surrender and big hugs for the tough guys like I want to be, I LOVE that one!”
Stick that asshole in front of a live microphone, and he has zero self-control. The 4th of July will be no different. All the interminable self-congratulating, the mugging, the unfunny jokes, all the unpresidential wretched excess. No doubt he’ll be selling MAGA crap that day as well. The Hatch Act? 45 never heard of it, and Mitch McConnell’s so busy stuffing his owners pockets, he couldn’t give two shits.
