The following article by Calum Borchers was posted on the Washington Post website October 4, 2017:
It’s a common disclaimer in Twitter users’ bios: “Retweets ≠ endorsements.” Maybe Nikki Haley should have included it in hers. Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has received a warning from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which polices the Hatch Act’s restrictions on political activity by federal employees.
Haley’s violation? Retweeting a Twitter message posted by President Trump in which Trump endorsed the congressional candidacy of South Carolina Republican Ralph Norman. OSC ruled that Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, had effectively given her endorsement to Norman, too. Continue reading “Retweets ≠ endorsements? Oh, yes, they do, say the Hatch Act police.”