#shorts On 6/23/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “here was a lot of discussion last week around the Hatch Act and use of — of the term “MAGA.” Despite the Office of Special Counsel’s opinion on the matter, your office has continued to put out paper using that phrase. You have, in the past, have brushed off all questions about any political concern, saying this administration follows the law. So why, in this case, are you going with your own interpretation of the law rather than the independent Office of the Special Counsel?”

KJP: Oh, I wouldn’t say it’s our own interpretation of the law. I would strongly disagree with that statement … So congressional Republicans has also used the term, as I mentioned here last week when I was asked about this, the same phrase — the same phrase to discuss their own agendas, their own proposals, their own policies. And so, we have used the term “MAGA” in an official capacity. As we are — when you think about the context, when we talk about their proposals, that’s how we’ve used it — and related — and their related values, as Republican officials say.

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/4MW0227eUJQ
Q: Hatch Act? your office has continued use of the term “MAGA.”