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Restaurant controversy: Ex-White House ethics chief: Sarah Sanders tweet violates ethics laws

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  1. Denizen

    Denizen Well-Known Member

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    The White House ethics rules have been thrown out the window as Trumpery becomes the norm in the White House.

    Sarah Sanders is not the first ethics violation, nor will it be the last as the Grifter in Chief runs a White House gang that is running roughshod and rampant over social etiquette and political etiquette.

    Sarah Sanders revenged herself against a restaurant that threw her out by using her office and government facilities.

    http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-chief-sarah-sanders-tweet-on-restaurant-that

     
    Denizen, Jun 24, 2018
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    I read this earlier today. She is entitled to her opinion and remarks..she just shouldn't have used her WH account.
     
    Margot2, Jun 24, 2018
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    POTUS won't enforce the ethical standards so she will skate as before like Conway did before.
     
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    roorooroo Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So what you are saying is she should have done it from her pRiVaTe SeRveR?
     
    roorooroo, Jun 24, 2018
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    Jeez. Apologists for leftist intolerant brownshirts whine about ethics. Somehow I doubt they can see the irony.
     
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    A Democrat thinks Sanders did wrong............imagine that.
     
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    “Sarah, I know you don’t care even a tiny little bit about the ethics rules, but using your official account for this is a clear violation of 5 CFR 2635.702(a),”- Walter Schaub

    Oh yeah, that reads like a neutral party's unbiased opinion. It cannot possibly be the opinion of someone who would interpret the rules in a biased manner...

    Oh look!

    http://thehill.com/people/walter-shaub
     
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    No one gives a ****. Screw your obama ethics watchdog.
     
    ararmer1919, Jun 24, 2018
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    If she didn't use her White House account the deranged unhinged lefties would screech she used a private account.
     
    Jestsayin, Jun 24, 2018
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    Apparently, righties don't care about ethics either.
     
    rcfoolinca288, Jun 24, 2018
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    So what's the problem? She was denied service because of her government job and responded with a government tweet? This is your effing issue? Keep posting this sort of stupid comment, i.e. keep showing that your TDS is both serious and real real.
     
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    They merely behave like civilized people that they are and don't harass/insult/attack people they disagree with politically. You probably won't understand the concept of civilized behavior at your current stage of TDS.
     
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    Sure...calling people marxist, socialist, commie is considered "civilized behavior" in your book. Smh.
     
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    There are no rules in the Empire of the Lying King.
     
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    Nah, he's wrong. No ethics violation. This was legitimate news of a political nature. End of story.
     
    Seth Bullock, Jun 24, 2018
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    Read what you wrote out loud to yourself and you will understand how dumb that is.
     
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    laughed out loud.

    Please point me to the former ethics chief's blather about Strzok and Page....
     
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    Political news? That bigotry and deceit has a price?
     
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    It's actually fun to watch the leftist bullies whine and moan like snowflakes that they are when they start a fight and get kicked in the nuts.... But yeah, we have rules, we serve everyone with respect, we don't discriminate, we are not intolerant liberal haters and brownshirts.
     
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    they'll deny it, but the commies want anyone who exposes them silenced, punished, or both.

    same old story with every authoritarian ideology throughout history.
     
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    Denizen Well-Known Member

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    Trump's buddies? Xi, Kim, and Vlad?
     
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    Yes, it was bigotry against a conservative woman. Not uncommon from liberals who are only for women's rights and advancement if those women conform to their political dogma. Otherwise, they may be subjected to derision and, in this case, bigotry.

    And of course it was political news! Duh!
     
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    the ethic rule states this
    states government employees cannot use public office for private gain.    ​


    so explain what was Sanders private gain?

    Revenge? you do know what happened that night was already made public by a server from that very restaurant
    all Sander did was confirm it so how is that revenge? ​
     
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    I'm certainly no expert in all of the ethics rules, but it doesn't seem to me that anything inappropriate occurred. She reported an incident that was directly related to her job. I also reviewed 5 CFR 263.702 and I don't really see a direct link myself. That rule talks about the use of government resources for private gain or to endorse any private sector business or product. I guess an argument could be made that reporting an incident which occurred at a private business could fall under the endorsement clause, but man that is a huge stretch especially considering Sander's did not use the account to dissuade others from doing business them. Listen, I don't like Trump either, but this seems incredibly petty and does more to undermine legitimate complaints against the POTUS. Honestly, this ethics violation claim sounds an awful lot like a whinny tatling child.
     
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    are those derogatory terms in your book? It seems they are becoming to most Progressives more and more!
     
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