So, no longer does ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ apply only to mass shootings and victims of mass shootings in MAGAt world. The simpleton, bumper sticker response now applies to laid off federal workers.
In an an extraordinarily heated town hall on Monday, Representative Mark Alford (MAGAt-MO) praised The Fascist Felon and defended his co-president Elmo as he takes his bigly chainsaw through the federal workforce – including firings in the Kansas City region. At every turn, an angry crowd of dozens shouted their displeasure with the second-term Missouri Republican.
Around 75 people showed up for the event with more people hanging outside of the coffee shop because they could not get in. Similar to what has happened at many town halls across the country, the crowd shouted and booed at MAGAt Mark and challenged him about his inability to do his job and uphold his Oath of Office. MAGAt Mark appeared stunned that folks are not into The Fascist Felon and Elmo’s slash and burn policies in order to give massive tax breaks to those who do not need them.
When asked about the firings, MAGAt Mark responded with this:
Just because you have a government job doesn’t mean it’s a lifetime appointment like a Supreme Court,” Alford, who represents a wide swath of Missouri southeast of Kansas City, said at one point during the town hall at a coffee shop in downtown Belton.
“So I would encourage anyone who finds themselves in this situation to realize that we are going to get this economy turning again. There are jobs available. God has a plan and purpose for your life.”
At that, the crowd exploded into yelling and screaming. “We don’t want your God!” a woman screamed. “Our God is Christian!” yelled another.
“Government employees are going to be let go and that’s just the reality,” Alford said. “I feel bad that people have been let go, I understand that.
Daniel Scharpenburg, 1st vice president at National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 66, which represents IRS workers in Kansas City, asked Alford how many federal employees in the metro should be fired without cause. In an interview, Scharpenburg offered this:
We don’t need thoughts and prayers.” What workers need, he said, is for people to stand up for them and make clear that Musk, the billionaire who Trump put in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency initiative, isn’t the president.
“His answer was not a real answer.”
