A federal workers union is suing the Trump administration for inserting language into Department of Education employees’ out-of-office email messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown.
“Forcing civil servants to speak on behalf of the political leadership’s partisan agenda is a blatant violation of federal employees’ First Amendment rights,” said the complaint, which was filed by the American Federation of Government Employees in federal district court in Washington, D.C.
The website for the Department of Housing and Urban Development features a banner and popup message blaming the “Radical Left” for the federal government shutdown.
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