There's a little thing called the Hatch Act, which the Trumpsters flouted with impunity when they were in office. Put simply, it forbids electioneering on the public dime.
Probably the most egregious example of Trump-Hatch violations occurred on the night of August 27, 2020, when Benedict Donald hosted the Republican National Convention on White House grounds. We cats could not stop hacking up hairballs.
On a smaller scale, the Hatch Act forbids Presidential appointees from simultaneously engaging in political activities. So the Biden White House was quite correct this week in demanding the resignations of "Dr." Oz and Herschel Walker from the President's Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. Both the Turk and the jerk are running for Senate (in Pennsylvania and Georgia, respectively).
"Dr." Oz bleated and moaned on the Twitter machine. We have no idea what Walker had to say, nor do we care. Because Biden's replacement nominees were SO GREAT.
Elena Della Donne of the WNBA's Washington Mystics, has personified athletic grit in the face of physical challenges. (Following back surgeries, she's set to return playing soon.) And Chef José Andrés, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy himself, has to be the biggest hero of the war in Ukraine right now. World Central Kitchen is making and delivering thousands of meals to 75+ shelters in Lviv, and they've distributed more than 2,000 tons of food to cities across Ukraine.
Della Donne and Chef José are people who truly deserve the honor of a Presidential appointment. It's probably not the most important thing in the world at the moment, but it's one story that makes us feel good — because the miscreants have been turned out, and the righteous rewarded. We cats PURR.
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