If you call the White House comment line, a message from White House Press Secretary Karoline Levitt will play:

“Hello, America, this is White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Democrats in Congress have shut down the federal government because they care more about funding healthcare for illegal immigrants than they care about serving you, the American people. Until Democrats vote for the clean Republican-backed continuing resolution to reopen the government, the White House is unable to answer your call or respond to your questions. We look forward to hearing from you again very soon. And in the meantime, please know President Trump will never stop fighting for you. Thank you and God bless you.”

Levitt has made quite the name for herself since starting her position as press secretary… and some of those names haven’t been kind. 

President Donald Trump’s Administration, since the government shutdown on Oct. 1, has been toeing the line with the Hatch Act. The Hatch Act prevents members in government positions from engaging in partisan politics while they’re in their positions. Many congressmen and women are debating whether the administration is in violation of the act or not.   

The White House comment line isn’t the only government department that has been hijacked by overly partisan jargon; the US Department of Housing and Urban Development has also seen the impacts of the Trump administration on its website. The first thing you will see upon opening the website is a bright red banner that says, “The Radical Left in Congress shut down the government. (Housing and Urban Development) will use resources to help Americans in need.”

The Hatch Act applies to members in the federal branch of government and, as the website states, “The purpose of the Act is to maintain a federal workforce that is free from partisan political influence or coercion.”

It seems like the Trump Administration has been willfully ignorant of this with their statements regarding the government shutdown. 

The Hatch Act also states that the federal government cannot officially issue statements that would impact the success or failure of a particular party. However, as we saw with the local elections that just passed and with midterms around the corner, it seems the Trump administration is keen on blaming the Democrats for every failing within the Republican-controlled Congress. 

Now that millions of Americans will be left without SNAP benefits that provide food assistance for families across the country, Trump has taken to social media to place blame. The president posted on his Truth Social account, “SNAP BENEFITS, which increased by Billions and Billions of Dollars (MANY FOLD!) during Crooked Joe Biden’s disastrous term in office (Due to the fact that they were haphazardly ‘handed’ to anyone for the asking, as opposed to just those in need, which is the purpose of SNAP!), will be given only when the Radical Left Democrats open up government, which they can easily do, and not before!”

Even Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green – a Republican serving Georgia’s 14th congressional district – who famously has been outspoken against fellow House Democrats as well as former President Joe Biden for the entirety of his term, has criticized the government shutdown, blaming Republicans.

Representative Green has gone on record saying, “I don’t think that these vulnerable Americans should pay the price because of politics in Washington, D.C. I believe that soon, the Republican senators need to actually grow some courage and a spine.” 

To have Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green speaking out against the Republican Party is a welcome shock to many on the left. This is all happening while the Trump administration continues to meddle in potential Hatch Act violations. All the while, republican senators and House representatives are holding their ground in defense of the budget that MAGA republicans are trying to push through legislation. 

It is clear in the past 41 days of the shutdown at the time of this article, that the Trump Administration is more concerned with pointing fingers than they are with solving the issues. The Republicans’ problem is the Democrats’ problem.