Regardless of any political differences between these two and Biden, it's a violation of the Hatch Act for them to continue in their current role.
Biden demands Dr. Oz, Herschel Walker step down amid Senate runs — Fox News
President Joe Biden requested that two members of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition who were appointed by former President Donald Trump either step down or face termination amid their Senate runs in Georgia and Pennsylvania.apple.news
As somebody who is required to take an annual Hatch Act training this is not completely true and as a SGE they fall under different parameters. This article explains it very well.
A good clarification. Sounds like the next thing to consider is what's mentioned in both articles linked in this thread that there is a Biden administration policy that prevents candidates running for office from serving on presidential advisory boards. If, indeed, it can be demonstrated that this policy has not been applied consistently, then an argument for this being a political move has more weight.
I dont know about the policy but if it's there I wouldn't doubt that it was crafted for the purpose of Walker who everybody knew was going to run and will likely beat Warnock (sp). The general rule for SGEs (and others) is that you can't use your position in the association of political activities. E.g. both should not reference their work in campaigning or campaign lit. To me this is a silly fight. Nobody is influenced to vote cuz these guys are on a Board nobody heard of. Now you just look petty.
To determine either way, we'd need to know when said policy was created. If it was already in existence before these two announced their candidacies (and if it's been similarly applied to any Democratic candidates in a similar position), then it's hard to argue it was there for the express purpose of giving an excuse to oust political rivals. To me, it seems the particular advisory board in question isn't one that the president would deem it particularly important to oust people he disagrees with. I agree that it's a bit of a silly fight, as you put it. It seems barely newsworthy, I think.
Yep. He's petty and I think it may save the Republicans from having him run again. He's going to get his ass handed to him in several primaries this year where he's trying to play king maker.Trump Fires Obama-Era HIV/AIDS Council Members
President Donald Trump has terminated the appointments of all remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) who had joined the expert panel during the Obama years, CBS News reported.www.medicinenet.com
Trump fires 46 Obama-era Justice Dept. attorneys. Is that normal?
On Friday, the Trump administration asked the remaining 46 US attorneys appointed by Obama to tender their resignations. Why the request surprised many.www.csmonitor.com
This stuff happens in every new admin......even under the NEVER petty trump.
Awesome. I'll bookmark this so I can refer to it when you defend him in your next post.
If you'd get your head out of your ass and review my posts you won't find me being his routine defender. He had good ideas that had our economy rolling for all that wanted a job. He was also an arrogant idiot. He has a giant ego but I don't think you'll find many that run for office that don't have that.
