{"id":2403007,"date":"2025-02-15T12:10:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T17:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-lash-out-over-cdc-firings-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T12:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T17:12:09","slug":"senators-lash-out-over-cdc-firings-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-lash-out-over-cdc-firings-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators lash out over CDC firings &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenators-lash-out-over-cdc-firings-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403007&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2064 article discusses a notable backlash\u200d from\u200c Georgia&#8217;s U.S. Senators,Jon\u2062 Ossoff and Raphael\u200d Warnock,in response to the news \u2062that over 1,000 employees at the\u2062 Centers for disease Control \u200band Prevention (CDC) are \u200cbeing laid off. These firings are part\u2062 of a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-nightmare-california-20-minimum-wage-sinks-hollywoods-55-year-old-arbys\/\" title=\"Hollywood Crisis: Iconic Arby&#039;s Closes Due to California&#039;s  Minimum Wage\">broader trend affecting<\/a> a \u2062large number of\u200b federal \u2063employees \u200cwith less\u200b than a year&#8217;s \u2063service. The senators\u2064 criticized the Trump management for \u2064what they described as reckless and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">politically motivated actions<\/a> that compromise\u200c public health\u2064 and \u2063safety. Ossoff emphasized the need for experienced personnel to protect Americans from diseases, while Warnock lamented that these \u200dlayoffs\u200c endanger the country\u2019s preparedness for \u2063future pandemics. The American Federation of Government Employees also \u2062condemned the firings, claiming\u200d they target employees not \u2064based\u2063 on performance \u2062but rather\u2062 due to political reasons and cronyism.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senators lash out over CDC firings<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1994624\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square)&nbsp;&ndash; Georgia&rsquo;s two senators came out swinging after learning the news that more than 1,000 employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were losing their jobs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The 1,300 CDC employees are some of up to 200,000 federal employees who have been on the job for less than a year. The CDC has 12,664 employees at its Atlanta headquarters, according to the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedscope.opm.gov\/ibmcognos\/bi\/v1\/disp?b_action=powerPlayService&amp;m_encoding=UTF-8&amp;BZ=1AAABnsT72MN42oVOsW6DQAz9mTNph0Y_wyVhYIDjUBiANLBXlFzSqsBFcB3y9xUwpFWGvidL9vN7lp2yWJdVcVRpHIzWDDqNn4DocyNI4jZU6PncQ0%7EtfIHRZiO5UKREtAWiZ2fKqvAo94ew2gdASWN6q3sLlJxNe9IDiAg87OtOgxuvDnXzVV%7E0_Ka6a2tune7tCkQMlFyXzV%7E73QWEL0Aov4dhmTLT248p68SlXMsiz5Ws0iLPw0wF%7E_Wc6DU4IzKOiJwjYwyZQEbIJjIWXnTf3IAQ6ASEYdsC_pkZ7eMpQJ8B7YBcBNIc6B3IXwR_F9gMIHey%7EwKfOXfLO3MtTyz4AbZLbJc%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Office of Personnel Management.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Georgia U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock lashed out at the Trump administration over the firings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump&rsquo;s indefensible, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hamas-caucus-republicans-launch-explosive-term-for-ocasio-cortez-squad\/\" title=\"\u2018The Hamas Caucus\u2019: Republicans Launch Explosive Term For Ocasio-Cortez \u2018Squad\u2019\">indiscriminate firing<\/a> of more than 1,000 CDC personnel in a single day leaves Americans exposed to disease and devastates careers and livelihoods for the world&rsquo;s most talented doctors and scientists, many of them here in Georgia,&rdquo; Ossoff said.<\/p>\n<p>Ossoff issued a preemptive strike in&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenOssoff\/status\/1889811175476748752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a video posted<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;on Wednesday. He questioned who would protect Americans from diseases, including measles and tuberculosis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I insist that the Trump administration cease these unprecedented, partisan, political attacks on the CDC and let the scientists, doctors and epidemiologists at Georgia&rsquo;s CDC do their jobs to defend the nations,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Warnock said in a social media post that the job losses are due to &ldquo;the Trump administration&rsquo;s reckless attacks on public health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Make no mistake &ndash; these firings mean Americans are less safe from future pandemics,&rdquo; Warnock said. &ldquo;I will do everything I can to fight this.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The agency received the news on Friday morning, according to&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/wireStory\/cdc-lose-tenth-workforce-trump-administration-job-cuts-118826453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ABC News<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The American Federation of Government Employees vowed to fight the firings. The organization represents 800,000 federal workers.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This administration has abused the probationary period to conduct a politically driven mass firing spree, targeting employees not because of performance, but because they were hired before Trump took office,&rdquo; Everett Kelley, the organization&rsquo;s national president, said in a statement Friday. &ldquo;These firings are not about poor performance &ndash; there is no evidence these employees were anything but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-demand-state-dept-revoke-security-clearance-for-appointee-tied-to-iranian-regime\/\" title=\"Lawmakers Demand State Dept. Revoke Security Clearance for Appointee Tied to Iranian Regime\">dedicated public servants<\/a>. They are about power. They are about gutting the federal government, silencing workers, and forcing agencies into submission to a radical agenda that prioritizes cronyism over competence.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1994624\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1994624\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia senators criticize CDC firings affecting over 1,000 employees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2403008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Raphael-Warnock.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50443,15803,3709],"class_list":["post-2403007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cdc-2","tag-firings","tag-senators"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Raphael-Warnock.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403011,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403007\/revisions\/2403011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}