Hatch Act’s arbitrary standards need reform

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech to last week’s GOP convention sent a number of left liberals over the edge. They claimed it was a violation of the Hatch Act.

Pompeo is secretary of state and delivered a political speech while on a trip during which he inevitably represented the United States in a foreign country.

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