{"id":1966256,"date":"2023-07-07T00:14:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T04:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reelection-bid-tests-white-houses-anti-campaigning-will\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T00:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T04:15:38","slug":"biden-reelection-bid-tests-white-houses-anti-campaigning-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reelection-bid-tests-white-houses-anti-campaigning-will\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s reelection tests White House&#8217;s anti-campaigning stance."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-reelection-bid-tests-white-houses-anti-campaigning-will%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966256&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">press secretary<\/a> Karine Jean-Pierre Violates Hatch Act<\/h2>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has been notorious for citing a 1939 law prohibiting overt electioneering by federal employees when declining to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-refuses-to-answer-reporters-questions-asks-them-to-leave\/\" title=\"Biden refuses to answer reporters\u2019 questions, asks them to leave\">answer reporters\u2019 questions<\/a> at briefings. Then last month, she received a letter saying she had violated it.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reelection-bid-tests-white-houses-anti-campaigning-will\/\" title=\"Biden's reelection tests White House's anti-campaigning stance.\">top spokeswoman made comments<\/a> about \u201cmega MAGA Republican officials who don\u2019t believe in the rule of law\u201d before last year\u2019s midterm elections, and the Office of Special Counsel concluded she \u201cviolated the Hatch Act prohibition against using her official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with or affecting the result of an election.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Bidenomics: How the Stock Market Has Fared Under Biden&#8217;s Presidency<\/h3>\n<p>Carefully walking the line between conveying the president\u2019s message and avoiding partisan political activity is only going to grow more complicated now that Biden is a candidate for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks later, Jean-Pierre held a gaggle with reporters aboard Air Force One en route to a Biden trip to New York for campaign receptions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho&#8217;s paying for this trip today?\u201d a reporter asked, noting there were \u201cno standard public administrationwide events\u201d on the agenda. \u201cIs the campaign reimbursing for this trip?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it relates to the trip, it&#8217;s a mixed travel trip with official and political portions,\u201d Jean-Pierre replied. \u201cAssociated expenses are allocated and paid for in accordance with federal regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The official portion of the trip, she added in response to a follow-up question, was Biden\u2019s MSNBC interview, during which he would \u201cdiscuss issues of consequences to the American people: the economy, war on the European continent, our democracy, and possibility \u2014 also major rulings for the Supreme Court that would impact millions of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All areas of public significance \u2014 and also key parts of Biden\u2019s campaign messaging.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s team has taken pride in trying to follow the Hatch Act scrupulously, they say, especially in contrast with former President Donald Trump\u2019s White House. The Official of Special Counsel found that over a dozen Trump officials committed numerous \u201cflagrant and unpunished violations\u201d of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Even when the Hatch Act might not have been violated, Trump frequently pushed the boundaries separating politics and government. He held events for the 2020 Republican National Convention at the White House. His White House press secretary spoke at the convention, though she said she did so in her personal capacity to obey the letter of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner, counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, chief of staff Mark Meadows, and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany were among those cited as flouting the Hatch Act during the former president\u2019s 2020 reelection campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cumulative effect of these repeated and public violations was to undermine public confidence in the nonpartisan operation of government,\u201d the report concluded.<\/p>\n<p>But in 2021, Biden\u2019s first press secretary, Jen Psaki, was found to have violated the Hatch Act by appearing to endorse Democrat Terry McAuliffe\u2019s Virginia gubernatorial bid from the podium during a briefing. Jean-Pierre then did so over a year later.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre got off with a warning letter. The group that brought the complaint against Psaki credited her with being \u201cquick to publicly admit her error and sincerely apologize. She took responsibility for her conduct, committed to changing, and demonstrated that commitment the next time a similar opportunity came up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is also the broader issue that Biden\u2019s White House team frequently attacks Republican opponents and amplifies Democratic campaign messaging from the podium while citing the Hatch Act to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-flees-podium-without-answering-questions-after-delivering-remarks-in-delaware-video\/\" title=\"Biden Flees Podium without Answering Questions After Delivering Remarks in Delaware (VIDEO)\">avoid answering questions<\/a> about his schedule. The \u201cMAGA Republican\u201d tag line that has since been deemed electioneering was devised by Anita Dunn, who has since been described by CNN as \u201csteering 2024 messaging from the White House.\u201d But she has cited the Hatch Act when declining to elaborate on her role.<\/p>\n<p>Biden himself is exempt from the Hatch Act, as is Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president is proud to have restored the rule of law in his administration,\u201d Jean-Pierre told reporters at a briefing when asked about his commitment to the Hatch Act. \u201cAnd I can tell you here and I can tell you now that he will not exploit his office with conventions at the White House like it was done in the last administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE IN THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden will have campaign spokespeople, as well as the Democratic National Committee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-comms-team-asked-reporters-for-questions-in-advance\/\" title=\"Report: Biden\u2019s Comms Team Asked Reporters For Questions In Advance\">press team<\/a>, separate from the White House staff. But much of his official business, such as a trip to the critical primary state of South Carolina to tout \u201cBidenomics,\u201d will mingle with his campaign messaging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe will not exploit his office for political gain in the way that we saw in the last administration,\u201d Jean-Pierre repeated. That administration was headed by Biden\u2019s leading 2024 Republican challenger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre often evades reporters&#8217; questions by referring to a 1939 law that forbids federal employees from engaging in electioneering. However, she recently received a letter accusing her of violating this law. During a briefing, President Biden&#8217;s spokesperson criticized &#8220;mega MAGA Republican officials&#8221; who lack faith in the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1966257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}