This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called:…

Every federal employee swears an oath to support and defend the Constitution. 2/12 #DemPartyPlatform #FederalWorkers #CivilService #transparency

It is a sacred promise to the American people—that federal workers, both civil servants and political appointees, will put the interests of the many ahead of their own personal concerns. 3/12 #DemPartyPlatform #CivilService #transparency

President Trump and his Administration have abused the trust between the American people and their government-including by denigrating civil servants,directing federal grants and contracts toward their cronies and political donors, 4/12 https://t.co/IdFNOx5ghZ #DemPartyPlatform

The Trump Administration has been inappropriately interfering with federal investigations and firing independent watchdogs, retaliating against whistleblowers, failing to share information as required with Congress, 5/12 #DemPartyPlatform #transparency #Whistleblower

And The Trump Administration most nefariously, violated the law by withholding congressionally appropriated funds in an attempt to get a foreign government to interfere in America’s elections.6/12
#DemPartyPlatform #QuidProQuo #transparency

#Democrats will establish a commission on federal ethics to aggressively enforce and strengthen federal ethics laws, including rules around personal financial disclosures for Executive Branch officials,7/12 #DemPartyPlatform #FederalEthics #transparency

Democrats will make campaign finance,financial disclosure & lobbying disclosure filings easier for the public to access &understand.We support requiring all candidates for federal office,including presidential candidates,to publicly disclose at least 10 years of tax returns.8/12

The American people deserve assurances that their elected officials and federal appointees work for them, not for special interests. 9/12 #DemPartyPlatform #transparency

#Democrats will re-establish merit-based federal contracting decisions and prohibit political appointees, at the White House or in agency leadership, from
interfering in grantmaking. 10/12
#DemPartyPlatform #transparency

#Democrats will restore and re-empower independent inspectors general across the federal government and work to strengthen whistleblower protections to fully protect federal employees from retaliation. 11/12 #DemPartyPlatform #ProtectWhistleblowers #transparency

#Democrats will ban #lobbying by foreign governments and significantly lower the threshold for having to register as a federal lobbyist in order to close loopholes that allow special interests to secretly influence policymaking in Congress and across the federal government.12/12

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called: RESTORING AND STRENGTHENING OUR DEMOCRACY:Building an Effective,Transparent Federal Government/Only one party understands that qualified,dedicated civil servants serve the people &this nation, not special interests.1/12

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