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'I'm done being afraid': How the shutdown has led federal workers to speak out (www.npr.org)

submitted 1 week ago by gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Fear of retaliation by the Trump administration has left many federal employees reluctant to speak on the record with NPR. But now?

"I'm done being afraid of them," Gorman says. She believes many others are too. "They say the best organizer is a bad boss, and we all have the same bad boss."

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[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 39 points 1 week ago (2 children)

NPR asked the White House for a response to the criticism coming from some civil servants. In a statement, spokeswoman Abigail Jackson wrote: "President Trump was elected by a resounding majority of Americans to carry out the agenda he is implementing. Federal workers who are actively resisting the Trump agenda are, in reality, working against the American people who elected the President."

In other words, "fuck you."

'Resounding majority', my arse.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It wasn’t a majority at all, it was a plurality, 49.8% vs 48.3%, with 1.9% voting third party. Of course, the Electoral College blew the result out of proportion, as it often does.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Exactly! And they're acting like he's got some sort of mandate from the masses.