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Originally Posted by Frownland
So according to that law, anything that a president does that causes someone else to do something is illegal.
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18 U.S. Code § 227 stipulates that any federal employee, member of Congress, or member of the executive branch is forbidden from using their position within the federal government to influence the employment decisions of a private business.
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Trump is urging his republican base to boycott NFL games, by not going to them or not watching them on TV, unless the NFL CEOs do something (fire them or create new workplace rules) in regard to their employees.
People boycotting NFL games would directly affect the CEOs revenue stream (private business income): loss of ticket sales, loss of concession sales, loss of parking fees, loss of souvenir sales, decrease of ad revenue if TV ratings were to go down, etc.
If nothing else, you would think Trump's goverment appointed legal team would be advising him back off with the NFL rhetoric.
UN-FREAKING-BELIEVABLE!
In other news, Trump's trying to deflect the critisism of his handling of the Puerto crisis over to Puerto Rico and their outspoken mayor!!!!!!
Trump attacks San Juan mayor over hurricane response - CNNPolitics
Maybe things would be different if he had a Trump resort on the island???