{"id":2407450,"date":"2025-02-27T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-mccormick-condemns-celebrating-layoffs-of-federal-workers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T16:48:34","slug":"rich-mccormick-condemns-celebrating-layoffs-of-federal-workers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rich-mccormick-condemns-celebrating-layoffs-of-federal-workers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich McCormick condemns \u2018celebrating\u2019 layoffs of federal workers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Frich-mccormick-condemns-celebrating-layoffs-of-federal-workers-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=2407450&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>Rep. Rich mccormick (R-GA) publicly criticized the idea of \u2064celebrating layoffs among federal workers during a recent Fox News appearance,responding to \u200bbacklash from his constituents. He emphasized the importance of \u200cbeing compassionate towards individuals affected by\u2063 potential job \u2063cuts due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-its-only-a-constitutional-crisis-when-trump-does-it\/\" title=\"Dems: It&#039;s Only A &#039;Constitutional Crisis&#039; When Trump Does It\">government efficiency reforms<\/a>, noting that \u200dmany of these employees \u200chave\u2064 families and financial responsibilities. \u2062McCormick&#8217;s stance was partly shaped by interactions wiht\u200d Elon Musk, who advised the Republican\u2064 Party to adopt a more compassionate approach. He pointed out that while cuts may be necesary to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-budget-deficit-tops-1-6-trillion-amid-lower-tax-revenue-higher-spending\/\" title=\"US budget deficit exceeds .6 trillion due to reduced taxes and increased spending.\">curb excessive government spending<\/a>, they should not be \u2062treated lightly.McCormick&#8217;s remarks come \u200cafter a contentious town hall meeting where constituents expressed their concerns about the implications of these reforms. Additionally, he highlighted that most of the federal employees at risk of layoffs\u2063 were hired\u200b recently, suggesting a rapid growth in government jobs over the past four years.  <\/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\">Rich McCormick condemns &lsquo;celebrating&rsquo; layoffs of federal workers<\/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_2015964\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3328907\/mccormick-slowing-down-doge-cuts-heated-georgia-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rich McCormick \">Rich McCormick <\/a>(R-GA) reined in the <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-government-efficiency\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Government Efficiency&rsquo;s messaging<\/a>&nbsp;after he was faced with opposition from his constituents<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>McCormick appeared on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Fox and Friends <\/em>Thursday following volunteer DOGE head Elon Musk&rsquo;s appearance at President Donald Trump&rsquo;s first Cabinet meeting. Musk encouraged the Cabinet to work with DOGE, a move that appeared to demonstrate the new department&rsquo;s influence.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think everybody realizes we&rsquo;re spending a lot of money where we shouldn&rsquo;t. You wouldn&rsquo;t want the money taken out of your pocket and spending it on some of these unreal expenses,&rdquo; McCormick said in reflection. &ldquo;But that is just the tip of the iceberg. When you talk about the real cuts, it&rsquo;s going to affect people&rsquo;s jobs. You are talking about laying off a lot of people in government &mdash; the government is way too large. We have to be careful about messaging. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">town hall hit hard<\/a> on some people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McCormick&rsquo;s comments reference a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-washington-post-staffers-irate-after-layoffs-announced-ceo-balks-as-grievance-session-unfolds\/\" title=\"WATCH: Washington Post Staffers Irate After Layoffs Announced; CEO Balks As \u2018Grievance Session\u2019 Unfolds\">heated town hall<\/a> a week ago in which Democratic and Republican voters expressed frustration with DOGE. People there encouraged McCormick to &ldquo;stand up&rdquo; against the new wing of the White House Office of Management and Budget.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Even though we may have to lay them off, we shouldn&rsquo;t be celebrating it. That&rsquo;s not something that is taken willy-nilly. We have to make sure that we understand these are people with mortgages and children and house payments and all kinds of things they need to pay for. We just have to be compassionate,&rdquo; McCormick said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2818860&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=b535a2faeccd52c2c23c58d2589efe81\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The line on compassion was borrowed from Musk, according to McCormick, who met with the tech CEO before Musk&rsquo;s endorsement of Trump and subsequent appointment as his adviser. At the time, Musk recommended to McCormick that the Republican Party could be more compassionate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3328481\/amy-klobuchar-shock-awe-cuts-doge-not-effective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"AMY KLOBUCHAR SAYS &lsquo;SHOCK AND AWE&rsquo; CUTS BY DOGE WON&rsquo;T BE &lsquo;EFFECTIVE&rsquo;\">AMY KLOBUCHAR SAYS &lsquo;SHOCK AND AWE&rsquo; CUTS BY DOGE WON&rsquo;T BE &lsquo;EFFECTIVE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During an interview on the <em>Politically Georgia<\/em>&nbsp;podcast, McCormick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3328907\/mccormick-slowing-down-doge-cuts-heated-georgia-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"clarified\">clarified<\/a> that most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccormick-calls-for-slowing-down-doge-cuts-after-heated-ga-meeting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"McCormick calls for slowing down ... cuts after heated GA meeting - Washington Examiner\">federal employees laid<\/a> off were hired in the last year, also known as probationary employees.&nbsp;He cited this as the reason the government had become the second-fastest growing job industry over the last four years.<\/p>\n<p>Both Govs. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) and Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3328431\/youngkin-virginia-job-market-help-fired-federal-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"solicited\">solicited<\/a> fired federal employees to find work in their respective states. <\/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_2015964\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2015964\"}});<\/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>Rich McCormick criticizes the celebration of federal layoffs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2407451,"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\/2025\/02\/Rich-McCormick-July-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23987,48942,7970,51230,32076],"class_list":["post-2407450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-condemnation","tag-federal-workers","tag-layoffs","tag-rich-mccormick","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rich-McCormick-July-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407450","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\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407450"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407454,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407450\/revisions\/2407454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}