Trump Adviser Alina Habba Suggests Fired Veterans Did Not ‘Actually Work’
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"[P]erhaps they’re not fit to have a job at this moment," the attorney said.

Summary

Trump adviser Alina Habba defended the administration’s firing of 6,000 veterans from federal jobs, falsely claiming without evidence that some were not actually working.

Critics, including fired veterans, dispute this, calling the terminations unfair and demoralizing. Some received termination emails citing poor performance despite positive reviews.

Affected employees, including disabled veterans, described the move as a betrayal.

House Democrats condemned the firings, and some invited fired workers as guests to Trump’s joint address to Congress.

  • rc__buggy
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    “As you know, we care about veterans tremendously. That’s something the president has always cared about,” she told reporters gathered outside the White House. “But at the same time, we have … a fiscal responsibility to use taxpayer dollars to pay people that actually work.”

    “That doesn’t mean we forget about our veterans by any means,” she went on. “We are going to care for them in the right way. But perhaps they’re not fit to have a job at this moment, or not willing to come to work.”

    “I love you, but you don’t do shit around here. I think about you all the time but I never see you do anything.”

    That’s back and forth twice, talk about mixed messaging. They don’t actually appreciate our veterans but know they have to pay lip service.

    Reverse the statement and see if it still holds, “You don’t do shit, but I love you. I never see you do anything but I’m always thinking about you.”

    The tone changes a little, huh?