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newtonsmethod | 4 months ago

I don't think the hatch act is supposed to prevent the use of the White House account for political purposes. It seems like basically every administration with an X account has done this, e.g.: https://x.com/WhiteHouse46/status/1662171756830892032 .

Although there are probably more contentious case with other government agencies.

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pclmulqdq|4 months ago

The Hatch act just makes them more careful about what they say when an election is imminent. It's not a blanket ban on "politics."

tshaddox|4 months ago

That seems like it could have been a headline in a nonpartisan newspaper.

newtonsmethod|4 months ago

A nonpartisan newspaper could also condemn or blame a political party for an action. But if all of its posts were supportive of one administration, it would no longer be partisan.

You can just look through the old white house accounts. For example this tweet https://x.com/WhiteHouse46/status/1879171105044181097 , "While Congressional Republicans refused to pass a bipartisan border security agreement, President Biden took action and encounters today are the lowest since July 2020."

Looking through the tweets, you'll see it's not nonpartisan and isn't supposed to be.