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> Again, your claim here is that it's typical and predictable that new administrations conduct ideological purges on the civil service. No, I'm not denying thi
by skissane 2y ago
> Again, your claim here is that it's typical and predictable that new administrations conduct ideological purges on the civil service.
No, I'm not denying this is reaching a level which hasn't been seen before.
But, perceptions of political impartiality of civil servants have been greatly eroded.
Imagine if the situation were reversed, if Democrats had a widespread perception that the federal bureaucracy had a pro-GOP/anti-Democrat bias – can you be so sure they wouldn't do similar things?
- djur 2y agoI don't have to imagine. The ICE union endorsed Trump in 2016, 2020, and 2024 -- the only presidential endorsements it has ever made. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/immigration-customs-enforcement-union-endorses-trump-228664 https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/immigration-customs-e... The FBI has traditionally leaned Republican (it has never had a Democratic director), as has the US military (especially the Air Force). Biden did not purge ICE, nor did he replace Trump's FBI director, etc.