Here are the federal workers Trump should fire first
By
Matt Lamb
November 8, 2024 6:00 am
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President-elect Donald Trump reportedly wants to fire thousands of federal workers. He has also suggested a cost-cutting commission led by Tesla founder Elon Musk, which presumably would include firing government employees.
There are a few they should start with to combat the weaponization of the federal government, most prominently by the Department of Justice.
Attorney General Merrick Garland, who is obviously going to be fired, oversaw a memo that encouraged federal law enforcement to treat parents and concerned citizens as criminals if they objected to racial and sexual content in classrooms and school libraries.
But he did not act alone. Rather, it is safe to assume that at least dozens of DOJ underlings helped compile the memo, including in coordination with the National School Boards Association. All must go to restore trust in the federal government.
The same goes for anyone who helped Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke target a pro-life father with an early morning raid for peaceful actions outside of an abortion facility. Ditto for anyone who slow-walked investigations into the hundreds of pro-life groups and churches that were attacked after the leaked Dobbs decision.
While Trump and Musk are searching around the Justice Department, they should also find out who decided not to charge protesters who tried to intimidate Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices outside of their houses.
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