Recently fired federal employees went to a Capitol Hill basement to find the lawmakers. Former probationary, HHS, employee, Mack Schroeder, confronted Senator Jim Banks (Idiot-IN) as he entered an elevator and asked him about his plans to stop what The Fascist Felon, Elmo, and the DOGEbags are doing to federal employees and how their layoffs and firings will affect the public. This is how the ‘esteemed’ Senator from Indiana responded:
"Hi. I was a worker at HHS. I was fired illegally on Feb. 14," said the man, identified as Mack Schroeder. "There are many people who are not getting social service programs, especially people with disabilities. Are you going to do anything to stop what's happening?"
"Uh, you probably deserved it," Banks replied.
"I deserved it?" Schroeder asked.
"You probably deserved it," the senator said.
"I deserved it? Wow. That's great to hear. Why did I deserve it?" Schroeder responded.
"Because you seem like a clown," Banks said.
WTHR:
Schroeder stated he worked at the department for four months, doing budgeting work. He said he wants senators to know how cutting funds and workers will affect their constituents.
"It was really, yeah, just alarming and off-putting to hear, especially when I mentioned I did programs with disabilities," Schroeder said of his encounter with Banks. "I'm sure he has a lot of constituents with disabilities in his state that are benefiting from the services from the Administration for Community Living, and for him to just look at me, know nothing about me, and just say that I deserved to get fired just because of how he thinks my demeanor is, I'm not really sure what he was talking about."
The Senator was so proud of his disparaging and ignorant remarks, behavior, and viral video that he changed his X profile to reflect his elation:
The grass-roots lobbying effort on Capitol Hill, which started in late February and has ballooned over the last several weeks, is the latest attempt by civil servants to push back as the Trump administration and Elon Musk work to cull the ranks of the federal work force.
The senators’ reactions were largely divided along party lines. Most Democrats who walked by the group stopped to listen, share encouragement and thank the workers for their service.
Conversely, most Republicans approached by the workers on Tuesday ignored them. Senators Susan Collins of Maine and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee both stared straight ahead as they walked toward the subway past the workers without engaging. Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, looked at Ms. Smith but briskly walked away as she called after him and explained that she was fired earlier that morning from the F.D.A.
The workers’ group plans to meet on Capitol Hill every Tuesday to try to meet with senators in their offices and in the halls.
