US EditionJim Banks says he 'won't back down' after telling fired HHS employee he 'probably deserved it'
- Senator Jim Banks responded dismissively to Mack Schroeder, a fired HHS employee, saying he "probably deserved it" and referred to him as a "clown."
- Schroeder claimed he was illegally fired and expressed concern that many people with disabilities were not receiving social services.
- Schroeder criticized Banks for his childish response and hoped that constituents would recognize his callousness towards those in need.
- Banks remarked that factory workers and others in Indiana do not deserve tax dollars funding "woke and wasteful programs.
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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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