During his time in the White House, former-President Donald Trump was known to post a lot on social media. As the president, he was not only entitled to do so, but was legally allowed as well. The same isn't true for those serving in the White House.
Trump Trial Prosecutor Ends Closing Argument After Nearly 5 Hours Jury Instructions Set For Wednesday "Since the inception of the Hatch Act in 1939, government workers have faced strict limits on their political activity. Federal employees should be working for the greater public good and not for partisan ends," Schreiner added."Violators should face consequences and be reprimanded, fined and even barred from federal service."
"For agencies that have a 'bring your own device' policy for telework, employees have to be very intentional about separating time spent working and not working," Rapp-Tully clarified."Rules still apply if the employee is posting during duty hours."It would seem that given how vocal so many Americans are today the rule would seem out of step, but in fact, the Hatch Act would be more important than ever.
"In this time of social media influence, increasing political polarization, and as seen on and post-January 6th the skyrocketing of intimidation tactics, threats, vulgarity, corruption, and coercion, does the Hatch Act go far enough," pondered Schreiner.