FIRST ON FOX: White House officials who continue to use the “MAGA” slogan against Republicans “should be fired,” according to the former ethics chief for President George W. Bush and one-time Democratic Senate candidate Richard Painter.
Fox News Digital caught up with Painter in a Friday phone call after the White House continued to use the acronym for “Make America Great Again” despite the Office of Special Counsel's (OSC) determination that using it violates the Hatch Act — legislation that prohibits elected officials and their staff from using government resources to engage in campaign activities.
Painter said it's “a terrible, terrible idea” for the White House to continue to use “MAGA” after press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was told doing so violated the law, and added officials “should immediately stop doing it.”
“I think that’s critically important that they stop doing it,” he continued. “If the Office of Special Counsel says they need to stop doing it, that means they need to stop doing it, and we can't have them flipping the bird at this. They've got to comply with the Office of Special Counsel’s interpretation of the Hatch Act.”