Applicants Asked To List “MAGA Revelation” Moment

The Associated Press reports:

Job-seekers hoping to join the new Trump administration are facing a series of intense loyalty tests, with White House screening teams fanning out to government agencies to check for “Make America Great Again” bona fides and carefully parsing applicants’ politics and social media posts.

Negative social media posts have been enough to derail applications. Those seeking jobs have been told they will have to prove their “enthusiasm” to enact Trump’s agenda and have been asked when their moment of “MAGA revelation” occurred.

One federal employee said they briefly considered buying Trump’s crypto meme coin in case the president’s team asked about their voting record. An application form on the Trump transition website, for instance, asks candidates, “What part of President Trump’s campaign message is most appealing to you and why?”

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Loyalty tests and MAGA checks: Inside the Trump White House’s intense screening of job-seekers https://apnews.com/article/trump-loyalty-white-house-maga-vetting-jobs-768fa5cbcf175652655c86203222f47c?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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