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As someone who's worked for the Federal government and had a level 3 security clearance which has since expired, l'll tell you it makes sense why he's not getting it if you think about it for more than a minute.
Security clearances are meant to protect Federal government information. He is literally the opposition to the Federal government in representation of the people who elected him.
To put it in a left perspective as popular on Lemmy... It would be like if you were at a pro Palestinian protest and were asked to sign a document saying you're free to protest but only if you remain quiet about certain things the isralie government is doing or you'll be arrested. If you refuse to sign, a crowd of people all start shouting that you're a Nazi not because of anything you did but because you refused to sign the document.
Let the opposition be the opposition.
so… the Loyal Opposition is part of the Federal government. It's not some separate thing.
No, the government is the party that governs. The party enacting policy through their ministers. Voting on propositions isn't government it's representation. It's how a constitutional monarchy functions with a parliamentary system. It's pretty fundamental.
I had an opposing response to this, which included looking up what our government has to say about it, and you're (mostly) right! Here's a link for those who are interested.
Here's an interesting bit from there:
It's worth noting that colloquially, "the government" also means not just the ruling party or parties, but the entire governmental apparatus, in multiple institutions at multiple levels.