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Hatch Act’s arbitrary standards need reform

By Washington Examiner
Published August 30, 2020 4:00am ET
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Hatch Act’s arbitrary standards need reform
Mike Pompeo was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to be President Trump's secretary of state. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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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