US EditionJim Banks says he 'won't back down' after telling fired HHS employee he 'probably deserved it'
- Mack Schroeder, a former employee of the US Department of Health and Human Services, confronted Senator Jim Banks about federal spending cuts impacting services for thousands in Indiana, including Meals on Wheels, stating these cuts affect residents' access to essential programs.
- Mack Schroeder, a former HHS employee, confronted Senator Jim Banks about cuts affecting vital grants, asking how services would continue for the 150,000 residents relying on them in Indiana.
- Schroeder emphasized the importance of protecting social services, particularly for people with disabilities, and called for accountability from elected officials.
- Banks dismissed Schroeder, saying he 'probably deserved it' and expressed no sympathy for fired federal workers, calling them overpaid.
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GOP senator says he ‘won’t apologize’ after telling fired HHS employee he ‘probably deserved it’
Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Wednesday said he “won’t apologize” for telling a fired Health and Human Services (HHS) employee that he “probably deserved it,” after video footage of the exchange was widely circulated on social media. The viral video showed former HHS employee Mack Schroeder approaching Banks in a Senate office building on…
‘I cannot believe he did that’: Nicolle Wallace reacts to GOP Senator calling fired worker a clown
Basil Smikle, Democratic Strategist and Columbia University Professor, Everett Kelly, President, American Federation of Government Employees and Mini Timmaraju, President of Reproductive Freedom for All join Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House with reaction to the mass layoffs at Health and Human Services and the cruelty of Republicans when it comes to these firings with a new video showing Republican Senator from Indiana Jim Banks calling o…
'What are you doing?' Fired federal worker responds to GOP senator who called him a 'clown'
Former US Department of Health and Human Services employee Mack Schroeder got his chance to snap at Sen. Jim Banks’ (R-Ind.) support of spending cuts affecting roughly 10,000 full-time federal employees. Schroeder, who was fired in February, confronted Banks in the halls of Congress, but found an unsympathetic ear from the Indiana senator. “I was fired illegally ... There are many people who are not getting social service programs, especially pe…
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