Nothing said at the debate matters more than this: If Trump politicizes the civil service, American government is finished. Someone& #39;s unqualified second cousin will be making important decisions about water quality or food safety instead of a scientist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-order-federal-civil-service/2020/10/22/c73783f0-1481-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html?tid=ss_tw">https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...

this is the first thing - the very first thing - that authoritarian leaders do when they take power: Replace all the competent people with lackeys. Trump didn& #39;t know enough about government to do it in his first term, but he will do it if he wins a second one.

The politicization of the CDC has already begun. Inspectors-general and watchdogs are being removed. Trump& #39;s team of political appointees us already stuffed with incompetents and people with conflicts of interest. This is one more step in the wrong direction.

I wrote this on the same subject in 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-white-house-is-destroying-our-civil-service/2018/08/03/1aad229e-969c-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html?outputType=amp">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...