What Did President Trump Do Now?

Anteater · 01-13-2017, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lucem Ferre

We're all heathenish *******s here. Filthy disgusting offensive heathenish *******s.

No, dear comrade. We are all....deplorables.

Neapolitan · 01-14-2017, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

No, dear comrade. We are all....deplorables.

Chula Vista · 01-14-2017, 10:47 AM

Sigh.....

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after President-elect Donald Trump encouraged supporters to "Buy L.L. Bean," a U.S. ethics watchdog on Friday warned federal employees they must not endorse products or companies.

The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) said on its official Twitter account: "All executive branch employees must refrain from misuse of position, including endorsements."

No mention of Trump was made in the tweet, and many rules for federal employees do not apply to the president. The ethics office has tweeted other reminders to employees this week, including one that federal gift restrictions remain in place during the upcoming inauguration.

The office's endorsements message drew attention on Twitter, though, because it came after Trump posted support for the Maine catalog retailer known for its backpacks and rubber-bottomed boots.

Activists had called for a boycott following reports that a member of the family that owns L.L. Bean contributed to Trump's campaign.

"Thank you to Linda Bean of L.L. Bean for your great support and courage," the Republican president-elect tweeted. "People will support you even more now. Buy L.L. Bean."

Neapolitan · 01-14-2017, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Sigh.....

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Activists had called for a boycott following reports that a member of the family that owns L.L. Bean contributed to Trump's campaign.

To each his own. If a family member of LL Bean wants to contribute to a political action committee in favor of Trump then that is her prerogative. It wasn't like no one was contributing to Hillary Clinton's campaign committee and super PACs in favor of her.

List of Hillary Clinton's campaign committee and super PAC donors, and the amount range in the millions of US dollars:
Top Contributors, federal election data for Hillary Clinton, 2016 cycle

The Batlord · 01-14-2017, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

To each his own. If a family member of LL Bean wants to contribute to a political action committee in favor of Trump then that is her prerogative. It wasn't like no one was contributing to Hillary Clinton's campaign committee and super PACs in favor of her.

List of Hillary Clinton's campaign committee and super PAC donors, and the amount range in the millions of US dollars:
Top Contributors, federal election data for Hillary Clinton, 2016 cycle

You're dumb. This is basically the President (Elect) of the United States being a shill for a corporation. What if Obama suddenly stopped in the middle of the State of the Union address to plug Vanilla Coke?

Neapolitan · 01-14-2017, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

You're dumb. This is basically the President (elect) of the United States being a shill for a corporation. What if Obama suddenly stopped in the middle of the State of the Union address to plug Vanilla Coke?

You're just frontin'. Where in that post did I say what Donald Trump did was ethical? I didn't. Why do I have to tell you I didn't. It's cause you go off on a tangent like I don't know what I am saying.

If the U.S. Office of Government Ethics states that "All executive branch employees must refrain from misuse of position, including endorsements." Then he should refrain from endorsing products considering the position he is about to hold, the office of the president of the Unite States. I have no qualms over that so don't act like I do.

What I was addressing was the mindset of the "Activist" who want punish Trump supporter and boycott any thing and everything related to them. You know presidential campaigns are not free. Hillary Clinton raised $932.3 million to loose, and that was a fine investment. Why isn't donating a little cash to a political action committee in favor of Trump equally respected?

The Batlord · 01-14-2017, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

You're just frontin'. Where in that post did I say what Donald Trump did was ethical? I didn't. Why do I have to tell you I didn't. It's cause you go off on a tangent like I don't know what I am saying.

If the U.S. Office of Government Ethics states that "All executive branch employees must refrain from misuse of position, including endorsements." Then he should refrain from endorsing products considering the position he is about to hold, the office of the president of the Unite States. I have no qualms over that so don't act like I do.

What I was addressing was the mindset of the "Activist" who want punish Trump supporter and boycott any thing and everything related to them. You know presidential campaigns are not free. Hillary Clinton raised $932.3 million to loose, and that was a fine investment. Why isn't donating a little cash to a political action committee in favor of Trump equally respected?

Either way you were just trying to deflect criticism cause you're a generic conservative hack.