MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoTrump Guts Federal Protections for Whistleblowersnewrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down11file-text
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minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·2 months agoIs this much different than Obama directly targeting government whistleblowers? Until him no other president had targeted whistleblowers to such a large extent as Obama despite his campaign promise of strengthening protections.
minus-squareMuskyMelon@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThat makes it alright for Trump to do the same. /s
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 months agoNope, but as usual there’s selective outrage
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, sure, because there’s absolutely no difference between the two situations, right? /s since it’s probably needed.
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’ve guts protections and the other completely ignores them. Same outcome
Is this much different than Obama directly targeting government whistleblowers? Until him no other president had targeted whistleblowers to such a large extent as Obama despite his campaign promise of strengthening protections.
That makes it alright for Trump to do the same.
/s
Nope, but as usual there’s selective outrage
Yeah, sure, because there’s absolutely no difference between the two situations, right?
/s since it’s probably needed.
I’ve guts protections and the other completely ignores them. Same outcome