Fifteen years ago, the State Department crippled me for life and lied about it. So now, whenever someone in the agency experiences any misfortune — all the way from Hillary Clinton on down to the lowliest clerk — I consider it a personal victory. I luxuriate in the schadenfreude. I really, really dig it.
Hey, if they wanted my undying respect and admiration, they shouldn’t have run me over and falsely accused me of jaywalking.
Last Friday, the Trump administration started laying off State Department employees. About 1,300 were sent home, and we’re told a total of 3,000 workers will end up hitting the bricks.
That’s about 2% of the staff. But to hear the media tell it, Friday was the darkest day in American history. Worse than Pearl Harbor, 9/11, and COVID-19 rolled into one.
The involuntary staff reductions include 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service employees, according to a notice sent to State Department employees Friday morning that was obtained by CBS News. The total number of staff departing as a part of the State Department's reorganization is "nearly 3,000," according to the department, a figure that includes those who took the "Fork in the Road" voluntary departure offer earlier this year…
Critics argue the cuts could undermine the State Department's work. All Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee penned a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday denouncing the RIFs.
Oh no, not the State Department’s work!
Of course the Dems are upset. That’s their voter base.
Just look at this nonsense: