in doing the thing you just did there pomponius apparently broken the very rules he said for state department employees and memorandum bans officials from endorsing a candidate at a convention rally or similar gathering but political analyst of his son drew bruno told us. about trump because the stakes are just too high. compare is violating. american called the hatch act which prevents officials of an administration to speak in favor of that administration himself i believe wrote a letter. to his diplomatic stuff 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 no till the u.s. election increasingly blatant cracks are appearing in both the republican and democratic party platforms as kind of mopin highlights. the conventions marked the final stage of the us presidential elections they've marked the moment when the 2 major parties come together