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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,740 posts)
Tue May 19, 2026, 06:59 AM Yesterday

Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls.

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Sanho Tree
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Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls so as not to violate the Hatch Act by using public resources for partisan purposes. Trump makes campaign commercials from behind the Resolute desk.

‪PatriotTakes 🇺🇸‬
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· 13h

Trump released a last minute video against Thomas Massie.

He really wants to defeat the guy who forced him to begin releasing the Epstein files.


7:44 PM · May 18, 2026

Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls so as not to violate the Hatch Act by using public resources for partisan purposes. Trump makes campaign commercials from behind the Resolute desk.

Sanho Tree (@sanho.bsky.social) 2026-05-18T23:44:14.545Z


PatriotTakes 🇺🇸
‪@patriottakes.bsky.social‬

Trump released a last minute video against Thomas Massie.

He really wants to defeat the guy who forced him to begin releasing the Epstein files.


5:42 PM · May 18, 2026

Trump released a last minute video against Thomas Massie.

He really wants to defeat the guy who forced him to begin releasing the Epstein files.

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-05-18T21:42:45.112Z
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Bill Clinton used to have to walk across the street to use a private telephone to make fundraising calls. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP
Because it's not part of the Presidents duties. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #1
Trump openly had the 2020 Republican convention at the White House karynnj Yesterday #2
Is there any law he hasn't broken? Ilsa Yesterday #3
Expand public drunkenness to public chemical impairment RockCreek Yesterday #4
I remember Al Gore saying the same thing SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #5
It was a scandal when one of the judges in the court I worked in paid to install a private line to make campaign calls - Ms. Toad Yesterday #6

Buddyzbuddy

(2,906 posts)
1. Because it's not part of the Presidents duties.
Tue May 19, 2026, 08:17 AM
Yesterday

He's not doing the work of the People.
No immunity.

karynnj

(61,094 posts)
2. Trump openly had the 2020 Republican convention at the White House
Tue May 19, 2026, 08:42 AM
Yesterday

Flagrantly defying the rules and customs and Secretary of State Pompeo gave a speech from Jerusalem. ( Hillary Clinton and John Kerry did not attend the 2012 and 2016 conventions when they were Secretary of State.

Ilsa

(64,569 posts)
3. Is there any law he hasn't broken?
Tue May 19, 2026, 08:46 AM
Yesterday

I guess maybe public drunkeness if you believe he's a teetotaler because of his brother's alcoholism.

He practically robbed banks with bad debt, even to the point that US FDIC-insured banks wouldn't loan him anything.

SocialDemocrat61

(8,035 posts)
5. I remember Al Gore saying the same thing
Tue May 19, 2026, 09:31 AM
Yesterday

when he was accused of fundraising from his office for the 96 election.

Ms. Toad

(38,824 posts)
6. It was a scandal when one of the judges in the court I worked in paid to install a private line to make campaign calls -
Tue May 19, 2026, 10:02 AM
Yesterday

But at least they recognized that using government phones and phone lines to make campaign calls was forbidden, even if they didn't recognize using employees to make those calls was also forbidden.

The judge I clerked for (old school Republican) never once mentioned his campaign for his next term during office hours. All campaigning was done from completely off-site and during hours the court was closed. As it had been done by all judges, regardless of party, for as long as anyone could remember.

I can't even imagine the judge who installed a second private phone line thinking it was OK to make a campaign commercial from his government office.

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