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There're laws banning government officials from using their offices for political purposes! But as usual Republicans ignore the laws!

 Federal agencies blame Democrats for looming shutdown in apparent Hatch Act violation

Housing and VA departments attack ‘radical left’ despite law limiting political activities of government employees

The Guardian

By Melody Schreiber

Tue 30 Sep 2025 

Several US federal agencies on Tuesday began blaming Democrats for an impending government shutdown at midnight in a move that experts say appears to violate the Hatch Act, which limits the political activities of government employees.

Some agencies reportedly sent emails to employees on Tuesday afternoon, while others posted public statements faulting Democrats, the “radical left,” and “radical liberals in Congress” for a potential government shutdown at midnight.

“Radical liberals in Congress” are attempting to shut down the government “to achieve their crazy fantasy of open borders, ‘transgender’ for everybody and men competing in women’s sports”, the US Department of Veterans Affairs said in a statement that outlined the services that would and would not be interrupted by a temporary closure.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) posted a statement and a pop-up on the landing page of their website claiming “the Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5tn wishlist of demands”.

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“Yes, this violates the Hatch Act,” said Kathleen Clark, professor of law at Washington University.

The email appeared to “impose on Democrats the blame for a government shutdown and resulting furloughs of agency employees”, she said. “In other words, this email has a partisan political goal. This email is both a violation of the Hatch Act and an abuse of government power.”

Hey! Laws never stopped Trump... he just ties them up legal mumble jumble.