Because the Trump administration strikes to slash 1000’s of presidency jobs, Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., issued a message to federal staff going through joblessness, expressing empathy for his or her state of affairs whereas additionally asserting that bureaucracies have been “cannibalizing” the nation.
Higgins, who has served as a Home lawmaker since 2017, additionally declared that federal staff’ jobs weren’t extra vital than different People’ personal sector jobs.
“I’m a compassionate man. I do know loss and wrestle, I perceive monetary hardship, I do know what it’s to face eviction, I do know starvation, I’ve lived via despair,” Higgins famous in a publish on X.
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Impeachment supervisor Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., walks via the Capitol Rotunda to the Senate for the impeachment trial of Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc by way of Getty Photographs)
“So, to the scores of 1000’s of FedGov workers who’re going through unemployment as a result of your elected officers have, for many years, grown the Federal bureaucracies into corrupt, bloated, weaponized devourers of America’s treasure and oppressors of American freedom… I say to you that I really feel your ache and I want you effectively, however your job was no extra vital than the carpenter, the machinist, the welder, the cop, the trucker, the warehouse employee, the salesperson, the waitress, the heavy gear operator… each American who lives down the road from you whose job has not been insulated from the true world,” he continued.
“Our federal authorities bureaucracies are actually cannibalizing our nation, consuming our youngsters’s future. MAGA Republicans are going to carry our federal authorities again into sustainability. In the event you’ve misplaced your job, I’m sorry on your wrestle. Decide your self up, all of us provides you with a hand. We’re all People, be a part of us in saving our beloved Republic,” Higgins concluded.
DC FEDERAL WORKERS IN A ‘PANIC’ OVER NOVEL EXPERIENCE OF JOB INSECURITY WITH TRUMP CUTS

President Donald Trump reacts to the group whereas arriving on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) on the Gaylord Nationwide Resort Lodge and Conference Middle on Feb. 22, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Md. (Win McNamee/Getty Photographs)
The congressman’s message comes because the Trump administration seeks to slash the dimensions of the federal paperwork, with billionaire enterprise tycoon Elon Musk enjoying a key function in serving to to uncover authorities waste, fraud, and abuse.
Rep. Mary Miller, R-Sick., commented, “The quantity of waste, fraud, and ABUSE of taxpayers which is being uncovered within the federal authorities is totally shameful. Central Illinois farms, households and companies are struggling due to inflation, pushed by reckless authorities spending. Lastly, now we have a President who’s reforming our authorities into one which works for you. Thanks President Trump!”
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In one other current tweet, Higgins stated, “Hey, bureaucrats… Get up and pack up. America is just about performed with you and your elitist angle. You’re being day by day weighed within the balances, and located wanting.”