It's despicable to use people and their jobs as pawns in the budget showdown.
There is absolutely nothing that forced the GOP's hand to fire anyone.
It's simply out of indignant refusal to collaborate and govern in good faith that Republicans would rather jeopardize the well being of federal workers and their families by firing them than work together with peers.
An embarrassment to the values the party claims to have.
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@ike I don't think you're considering the structure of the US government with different branches and representatives answering to their own constituents.
This isn't like two teams on a football field. These are the divergent interests of different actors and different roles, not people taking orders from political parties.
It's an unrealistic view of government, but unfortunately it supports gridlock to insist on viewing the world that way.
The US government was intentionally designed to put the executive branch at odds with the legislative branch, and that's exactly what we're seeing play out with the firings.
