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Dem Senators Go After Kristi Noem for Hatch Act Violations Over TSA Video Blaming Them for Gov’t Shutdown – RedState

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Dem Senators Go After Kristi Noem for Hatch Act Violations Over TSA Video Blaming Them for Gov't Shutdown – RedState

Thursday marks Day 16 of the Schumer Shutdown. You would think Democrat senators have greater concerns, like considering Majority Leader John Thune’s (R-SD) offer to vote on the Obamacare extensions in exchange for voting to reopen the government. Instead, Senate Democrats are butthurt over a new video recorded by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem, which blames them for the government shutdown. Several airports have already refused to air the ad, deeming it “coercive.” But forcing us to watch CNN on loop? Not coercive at all.





Read More: Watch: Sec. Noem Brings the Facts Straight to the American People on Airport Delays, Schumer Shutdown

Now It’s the ‘Airport Resistance’: Multiple Facilities Refuse to Air Kristi Noem’s Schumer Shutdown Video

So, they plan to mount an investigation over Noem placing these videos in American airports on the premise that it violates the Hatch Act. Trotting out “Sen. Stolen Valor” Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) proves that these are not serious people; but Americans already know this.

Democratic senators are alleging that the Department of Homeland Security potentially violated the Hatch Act by asking airports across the country to play a video featuring DHS Secretary Kristi Noem blaming Democrats for the impacts of the government shutdown.

“This appears to be a flagrant violation of Sec. 715, which states ‘No part of any funds appropriated in this or any other act shall be used by an agency of the executive to branch… for the preparation, distribution or use of any… film presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself,'” Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal wrote in the letter to DHS citing a section from the Anti-Lobbying Act. 

The Hatch Act restricts certain political activities by federal employees and by some state, Washington, D.C., and local government workers who are involved or work in federally funded programs. Penalties for violating it include removal from federal employment, suspension without pay, demotion, or blocking a party from federal jobs for up to five years, according to the Office of Special Counsel.





This is what occupies the Democrats and their insane peanut galleries. They even want the White House posting memes that mock the Democrats to be reported as a Hatch Act violation.

Here is what the Hatch Act is supposed to do.

The Hatch Act of 1939 is a federal law designed to limit the political activities of government employees. Its primary purpose is to ensure that the federal workforce operates in a nonpartisan manner, free from political influence or coercion. The law aims to prevent the use of official authority to affect election outcomes and to protect civil servants from pressure to support specific candidates or parties. This framework helps maintain a system where federal employment and advancement are based on merit rather than political affiliation.

Dive Deeper: Now It’s His Turn: Jack Smith Reportedly Under Investigation for Violating Hatch Act

The key words here: influence, coercion, and election outcomes. How does an ad placing blame where it rightly belongs, and outlining the ramifications that are being felt from this shutdown, become a form influence or coercion? What election is Noem supposedly influencing? It is sheer nonsense. Invoking the Hatch Act has become a magic talisman that gets thrown around whenever elected officials do things in a manner someone does not like, whether that official is a Democrat or a Republican.





The Hatch Act also has little teeth, which is why one Congress to another has tried to deepen its enforcement mechanisms. Thus far, these efforts have failed. However, there have been clear violations of the Hatch Act by, you guessed it, Democrats. The Biden administration is the last, best example. 

Former Biden advisor Neera Tanden, one of the admitted autopen handlers, shows what a violation of the Hatch Act actually looks like.

In a complaint to the Merit Systems Protection Board filed on Wednesday, the OSC alleges that Neera Tanden, Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council, violated the Hatch Act by posting statements on social media asking for donations to several different Democrat candidates in the 2024 general election despite being warned against such posts.

“Congress created a rule banning all federal employees from fundraising for political candidates,” special counsel Hampton Dellinger said in a statement. “The Hatch Act contains no escape hatch for White House officials. Back in May, I made clear my office would enforce the law as written.”

According to the complaint, Tanden repeatedly posted on social media asking people to donate to Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrat candidates, even after the agency notified the White House last August that doing so was in violation of the Hatch Act.

Another Biden cabinet member, Health and Human Secretary Xavier Becerra gave a speech in his official capacity of the HHS Secretary, and at the end of it, praised Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) and encouraged voting for his reelection. A clearly weighted political pitch. 





At the gala, Becerra was given the 2022 American Dream Medallion Award and he gave remarks about HHS and the Biden administration’s work, which were reviewed and approved by an HHS ethics attorney. After a short video about Becerra was played, which identified him as the 25th HHS secretary, Padilla presented the award to him.

“Once the video concluded, Secretary Becerra thanked Senator Padilla for the award and, deviating from his prepared remarks, stated, ‘To my brother, my friend and Senator, and someone I will be voting for in a little but more than a month, Alex Padilla, thank you so much, senator for being there for all of us. We are proud to have you as our senator,’” the report stated. Some members of Becerra’s staff were at the gala and recorded the remarks. “On the recording, someone on his staff can be heard gasping after the secretary’s comments about Senator Padilla and saying, ‘No, no you can’t say that.’”  

During the investigation, Becerra told OSC that his remarks were “off-the-cuff,” and reflected his “long-standing personal relationship” with Padilla. For the voting part of his statement, Becerra said, “I don’t believe I thought of that as conveying anything more than what I as a responsible citizen would be doing in the near future.” 

OSC was not swayed.

“Becerra’s proffered explanations do not serve to mitigate the issuance of this report to the president,” the report said. The office also noted Becerra has received “ample information” on the Hatch Act since he came into office.





Then there are these soft examples that appear to step over the line, but are not overt violations. Like Congressman Eric Swalwell promoting the October 18 “No Kings” rally and hawking merchandise for it.

While California Gov. Gavin Newsom is not a federal employee or official, he uses his office to promote progressive and Democrat agendas on steroids. Imagine what he would do if he ever became president. Perish the thought.

In the meantime, Senate Democrats continue their fishing expeditions, looking for a crime that they can pin on the Trump administration. One would think they would have learned by now, but that would be too much like right.

The senators also asked DHS to provide information on the funding used to produce the video, including the cost, the approver of the funds, whether anyone from the Trump administration was consulted on the video, and if any outside contractors or organizations were involved in its creation to assess whether any federal laws were violated or funds misused, according to the letter.





Expect this to go nowhere.


Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.

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