The current and previous federal workers, who speak in a zoom call on Wednesday organized by the Federal Unionist Network, responded to the joint discourse of President Donald Trump before Congress criticizing the President for not focusing on workers who lose their jobs or programs that are cut in government reductions.
“The only thing he [Trump] I said that was true was when he finally admitted that Elon Musk is the one in charge of Dogle and when he got everyone to stand up and applaud for the richest man in the world who is in the process of stealing the data of the Americans at this time and stealing their government at this time. And that is really, it is frankly unpleasant, “said Paul Osadebe, a union administrator of the American Federation of Government employees and a federal lawyer.
President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of the Congress against the president of the Mike Johnson Chamber and Vice President JD Vance in the United States Capitol, on March 4, 2025 in Washington.
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Chris Wicker, a veteran who had been fired from his role as deputy director of the Minnesota small businesses office, was a guest of Democratic representative Ilhan Omar, D-minn., In the joint speech, which framed as “basically a campaign rally.”
Wicker pointed out what he did not listen to Trump: “I did not hear anything that appealed to the broader public and, as a federal worker, I did not hear anything about how I would be able to continue with my public service …”
Tiffany Montes, who had been fired in his role in the national parks service, said he had been waiting to hear some regret for the president for employment cuts.
– ABC News’ Oren Oppenheim
