Hungry Families Dealt Additional Blow: Letter Signed by Trump Included in Food Aid Boxes
President Trump, who is always in a self-promotion mode, wants Americans who are suffering enough to seek assistance to think that he is largely responsible for their most recent meal.
Letters signed by Trump have been included in government-funded food relief packages shipped to needy families by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. According to CBS News, the boastful letter uses the White House letterhead and has prompted 49 Democratic members of Congress to send a letter of their own to the USDA questioning the legality of Trump’s brash move, citing the Hatch Act.
“Using a federal relief program to distribute a self-promoting letter from the President to American families just three months before the presidential election is inappropriate and a violation of federal law,” the letter said. “A public health crisis is not an opportunity for the administration to promote its own political interests. Likewise, a federal food assistance program should not be used as a tool for the President to exploit taxpayer dollars for his re-election campaign.”
The nonprofit Feeding America told CBS News that several food banks have asked if the letter signed by the president is legal because they are not permitted to make political endorsements.
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