Online Public Relations Thoughts

When is a law not a law?  When no one pays attention to it and it is not enforced.  Such is the case with the Hatch Act.  "The law bars civil servants from politicking during their day jobs..."  The problem is that press secretaries for both Biden and Trump ignored it during their tenure or used it selectively to avoid answering questions.  They haven't been punished, but simply warned by a letter.  That is not even a slap on the wrist.  The current press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, uses the act to avoid reporters' questions, but she violated it during the campaign season when she referred often to MAGA Republicans.  She said she was cleared to use the term, but the Office of Special Counsel disagreed.  So far, nothing has happened and it is unlikely it ever will.