{"id":1053880,"date":"2025-06-30T19:36:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T23:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1053880"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:36:56","slug":"watch-senate-republicans-refuse-to-protect-americas-veterans-from-trump-and-musks-disastrous-mass-firings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/watch-senate-republicans-refuse-to-protect-americas-veterans-from-trump-and-musks-disastrous-mass-firings\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Senate Republicans Refuse to Protect America\u2019s Veterans From Trump and Musk\u2019s Disastrous Mass Firings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Trump administration has already told veterans they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2025\/03\/05\/trump-lawyer-on-fired-vets-perhaps-theyre-not-fit-to-have-a-job\/\">not fit<\/a> to serve, fired more veterans than any administration in U.S. history, and admitted they made <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-scrambles-to-fix-big-mistake-after-musks-mass-firings-gut-critical-services\/\">mistakes<\/a> and are trying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/24\/politics\/doge-fired-workers-rehired\">walk back<\/a> their disastrous agenda of mass firings and funding cuts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instead of protecting our nation\u2019s bravest, every single Senate Republican doubled down on Trump and Musk\u2019s mistakes and refused to pause their careless mass firings.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GJxt0i2kMDI\"><strong>WATCH<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Senator Tim Kaine, alongside Senate Democrats, is fighting to protect America\u2019s veterans and voting to pause Trump and Musk\u2019s disastrous agenda of mass firings.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdrqWxPd8jEH-3-5Pd77c8CIRMh-l9AzCkn2qkGFxu71QfLxxwvPZaM72kYfDbNXqz9cJmmFqH5cEcNw2qIM7tezJvkkXn0NK61LyPlh5zkXSf5I_GkXQ1p4wluL0Z4RQ8TjNQq?key=NbhzNkfUUB0IFFkT7kzwGw\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GJxt0i2kMDI\">Senator Tim Kaine<\/a>: \u201c30% of the federal workforce\u2019s veterans compared with only 6% of the overall workforce. <strong>The Trump administration has fired more veterans than any administration in the history of the United States. Derek Copeland as an example, was a 20-year Air Force veteran<\/strong> \u2026 <strong>His termination letter said \u2018you have not demonstrated that your further employment at the agency would be in the public interest.\u2019<\/strong> He said, \u2018I gave blood, sweat, and tears to this country for 20 years to continue service to the federal government. I feel like I\u2019ve been thrown out like a piece of trash.\u2019 <strong>My motion hits pause on this bill and would stop mass firing of veterans because it\u2019s wrong<\/strong>, and I would ask my colleagues to support my motion.\u201d<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Senate Republicans unanimously voted against protecting America\u2019s veterans, leaving them to the whims of Trump and Musk\u2019s reckless agenda.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/senatepress\/status\/1939824073661386848?s=46\">Senate Press Gallery<\/a>: <strong>\u201cBy a vote of 47-53, the #Senate did not agree to the Kaine motion to commit<\/strong> (re: firing veterans) to to H.R. 1. Party line vote.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump administration has already told veterans they are not fit to serve, fired more veterans than any administration in U.S. history, and admitted they made mistakes and are trying to walk back their disastrous agenda of mass firings and funding cuts.&nbsp; Instead of protecting our nation\u2019s bravest, every single Senate Republican doubled down on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1053880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: Senate Republicans Refuse to Protect America\u2019s Veterans From Trump and Musk\u2019s Disastrous Mass Firings - 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