United States Vice President JD Vance wants everyone to believe that it is “necessary” to fire some federal workers to ensure the rest of them keep working, and he thinks it is for the best.
For months, President Donald Trump and his administration had been threatening mass layoffs in the federal workforce if the government went into shutdown. Not only that, but they were also alleging that the Democrats would be held responsible if the shutdown happened. Unsurprisingly, they are holding ground on both promises.
Since the government came to a halt on October 1 this year, the Donald Trump administration has not wasted a single moment blaming the Democrats for it. From conducting a smear campaign against them to blatantly lying to the people, Trump and his Republican friends have done everything in their power to turn the narrative in their favour. However, they reached a new low this week as they started handing termination notices to federal officials, approximately 4000 of them. The sectors that were most affected by this were Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Homeland Security and Treasury, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Education. If Trump’s own words are to be believed, these divisions and people in them were “Democrat-oriented.”
Following the start of the federal worker crackdown process, JD Vance appeared on NBC to answer some questions. While being reminded of the 2019 government shutdown led by Donald Trump, which lasted 35 days and saw no federal workstaff layoffs, Vance was asked why this particular shutdown warranted terminating workers. He said:
“You really have to ask yourself. Who do we care more about? Federal bureaucrats in Washington, DC, or low-income women getting the food benefits they deserve. Are troops getting the payment they need? Flood insurance across the South East in the midst of hurricane season.”
He continued by highlighting that they would need to lay off some federal workers during the shutdown to “preserve the essential benefits for the American people that the government provides.” But let’s be honest, what is this government more inclined towards preserving? American people or the dictator who sits on the throne?
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