WH recorded phone message

[ken a.k.a OMK]

The White House phone line for submitting comments to the president has been set to play a message that blasts Democrats for not making a deal that would keep the government funded and running.



“Thank you for calling the White House,” a cheerful-sounding woman’s voice says in the outgoing message. “Unfortunately, we cannot answer your call today. Congressional Democrats are holding government funding, including funding for our troops and other national security priorities, hostage to an unrelated immigration debate. Due to this obstruction, the government is shut down. In the meantime, you can leave a comment at www.whitehouse.gov, forward-slash contact. We look forward to taking your calls as soon as the government reopens.”

Similar to Sanders press release. Unprofessional. How low can they go? May even have violated the Hatch Act.

Using a publicly-funded phone line to spread such a message raises questions about whether politicizing communication with the executive branch violates the Hatch Act, a 1939 law that prohibits federal employees from acting in a partisan manner. The Hatch Act does not apply to the president and vice-president, but does apply to the federal employees that staff their offices.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-white-house-out-of-office-message-blames-democrats-for-holding-the-government-%E2%80%9Chostage%E2%80%9D/ar-AAuYBcP?li=BBnb7Kz

[happyhoix]

Yet another degradation of the highest office in the land.

[tallguy]

I would suggest never asking how low they can go.  Any answer would only be correct for a week at best until they sink further.  The only real question is what combination of ignorance, mean-spiritedness, and utter stupidity goes into each decision?  This one, for example, seems more mean-spirited with some ignorance and stupidity thrown in.  Next week it may be some other mix.

[Rob Base 2.0]

They have a similar type of message on their out of office email messages too.

[Deleted]

How low can they go? Hint - WW2?

[dezii]

Jan 21, 2018 14:16:10 GMT -5 @rockhounder said:

How low can they go? Hint - WW2?

Don't think our Donald cares but the professionals in DC....the members of the swamp..know that there will come a time when the shakers and movers in power will change and after just this one years experience , believe they know they will be facing big time...."Pay Back"...like never experienced before....