Could Musk’s DOGE be turning fired workers Democrat? Group recruiting future liberal candidates sees spike in signups
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Could Musk’s DOGE be turning fired workers Democrat? Group recruiting future liberal candidates sees spike in signups

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Can confirm: @runforsomething.net has seen a *huge* spike in people signing up to run for office since Trump & Elon started illegally firing public servants,” Litman said in a post on BlueSky. The spike in sign-ups comes as more than 20 Department of Government Efficiency staffers have resigned after refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public services.” “I expect we will see some candidates this year and next year who will talk about how Donald Trump and Elon Musk fired them while they were working for the American people,” Litman told Politico. open image in gallery Demonstrators gathered in cities across America to protest against President Donald Trump and Musk Another accused the congressman, who was elected in 2022, of “doing us a disservice” by supporting DOGE, which has targeted the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention among other agencies for sweeping job cuts, with as many as 1 in 10 CDC staff on the chopping block. “It’s early days, still, and it’s not going to be a 2017-level reaction, but I think folks are getting fired up for the fight.” Trump has defended DOGE and Musk after the backlash to an email send to federal employees asking them to disclose what they accomplished in the last week or be fired.

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