By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-24 00:36:32 | Updated at 2024-09-30 15:32:59
6 days ago
Column: Trump wants to turn the federal bureaucracy into an ‘army of suck-ups.’ Here’s how that would be a disaster
Los Angeles Times ^ | Sept. 23, 2024 3 AM PT | Doyle McManus, Washington Columnist
Posted on 09/23/2024 5:36:20 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
- Justice Department prosecutors would launch criminal investigations of those Trump views as enemies.
- IRS workers would likely be ordered to audit prominent Democrats’ tax returns.
WASHINGTON — If former President Trump wins the November election, he says one of his actions on “Day One,” right after he begins deporting millions of undocumented migrants, will be enacting a radical plan to force the federal bureaucracy to bow to his demands.
Like any president, Trump would undoubtedly stock the top levels of the government with loyal appointees. But he also intends to enforce his will by making it possible to fire lower-ranking federal employees for their political views.
“We will pass critical reforms making every executive branch employee fireable by the president,” Trump said early in his campaign. “The deep state must and will be brought to heel.”
The effects would be far-reaching.
If Trump gets his way, Justice Department prosecutors would immediately launch criminal investigations of President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Obama and others who have incurred Trump’s wrath.
New appointees at the Internal Revenue Service would likely be ordered to audit prominent Democrats’ tax returns, an action Trump demanded during his first term.
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