the hatch act which prevents officials of an administration to speak in favor of that administration pombo himself i believe wrote a letter. to his diplomatic staff about a month ago saying they should refrain from political activity of this kind this is not a diplomatic move but what about what is diplomatic about the trumpet ministration they risk by elating the hatch act because the potential benefits in voting terms are greater. with less than 3 months to go to the us election increasingly blatant cracks are appearing in both the republican and democratic party platforms covering that today caleb maupin. the conventions marked the final stage of the us presidential elections they've marked the moment when the 2 major parties come together they rally their forces select their candidates and then go all in for a big win in november the conventions are expected to be a moment of unity however divisions are pretty clearly there beneath the surface for example 25 percent of the democratic party's delegates voted against the plan for governance known as the sanders biden unity platform we ne