Anybody else getting North Korean Dear Leader vibes off of this? Or is it just me? Intriguingly, this follows on the heels of sycophant Sarah Huckabee Sanders, now the governor of Arkansas, requiring job applicants to write an essay praising her if they want to work for the state.
Sanders got so much flack over that, that she immediately ascribed a “design error”in the application as being the cause of the blowback. No, Hucky Boo Boo, we got it right the first time.
Now here’s Trump’s version of bend the knee, which he will implement the second he is returned to power, may that day never dawn.
I will have all federal employees, ok, pass a written exam, believe me, where they show total loyalty and support to me, that’s it, ok, they have to recognize me as absolute authority and power, and swear an oath to me, many people say. 🙃
— Lorenzo (@Mile_Marker_0) April 14, 2023
The ease with which the GOP has fallen into authoritarianism is stunning. This is not Dwight Eisenhower’s party anymore, that much is certain.
— Walter Blake (@WalterBlake1) April 14, 2023
And he does it all with an eye towards spending the rest of his life in the White House.
trumps questions?:
1. list everything you love about trump
2. will you be loyal to only trump?
3. do you support new world order?
4. are you white, male, Christian and straight?
5. Did you vote for trump?
6. list all monikers I give my enemies
7. what should I do with my enemies?— Sherry Krauss (@sherry6767) April 14, 2023
We have already forgotten the lessons of WWII and that generation has not been cold in the ground all that long.
Watch for a version like this (oath required for members of the Civil Service)
“I swear: I will be faithful and obedient to the leader of the United States and people, Donald Trump, to observe the law, and to conscientiously fulfil my official duties, so help me God!”
That was the Diensteid der öffentlichen Beamten (Oath for Civil Servants) up until 1945 (with ‘United States’ and ‘Donald Trump’ replacing the original names)
(ich schwöre: Ich werde dem Führer des Deutschen Reiches und Volkes Adolf Hitler treu und gehorsam sein, die Gesetze beachten, und meine Amtspflichten gewissenhaft erfüllen, so wahr mir Gott helfe.)
And here was me thinking that 50 years of one party rule by religious bigots in Norn Iron was bad.
In FL when you apply for a teaching job, you have to sign a loyalty oath.
One might think that the “founding fathers” wrote the 2nd Amendment specifically to use against todays republiCLOWNS…
Don’t worry about putin and Kim. They are already sitting in congress…
I am looking forward to the day the first question on ANY government security application to be ‘Are you now or have you ever been a member or voter for the Republican party?’