Friday Night Massacre
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Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Saturday she didn’t understand why President Trump fired several departmental inspectors general late Friday night given that those positions are crucial to rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, one of the president’s stated goals.
“I don’t understand why one would fire individuals whose mission it is to root out waste, fraud and abuse. This leaves a gap in what I know is a priority for President Trump. So I don’t understand it,” Collins said while arriving at the Capitol for a Saturday morning vote.
Trump fired 17 government watchdogs at the Departments of Defense, State, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, Energy, Interior, Housing and Urban Development and other agencies, catching GOP lawmakers by surprise.
“Somebody just mentioned to me downstairs as I was coming in, just heard about it,” said Senate Republican Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.).
Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said he was aware of the move but needs to study it more carefully.
“I heard it, I have not looked at it and I don’t know what it all entails. Honestly, I would just be guessing at this point about what that actually entails. I’ll wait and find out what that means in terms of other people stepping in,” he said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5106705-donald-trump-inspectors-general-firings-senators/
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@wtg said in Friday Night Massacre:
“I don’t understand why one would fire individuals whose mission it is to root out waste, fraud and abuse. This leaves a gap in what I know is a priority for President Trump. So I don’t understand it,” Collins said while arriving at the Capitol for a vote.
Can you say “clueless”?
