[invig]

You're not seriously making the case that the government was hiring strictly based on merit are you?

[defrost]

I'm more interested in the original claim that there were no (zero, nada, < epsilon) conservatives at 18F.

Particularly if the tent is broadened to include traditional pre-Trumpian conservatives.

[invig]

What percentage should there be?

[defrost]

Zero, as claimed, seems unlikely.

"Should" seems prescriptive.

Within a standard deviation of the mean general distribution for the US Federal service would be probable by the Central Limit Theorem.

[invig]

Why bound it to the US Federal service?