Veterans make up about 30% of the federal workforce, often tapping government benefits they earned with their military service. And most veterans voted for Trump last year – nearly 6 in 10, according to AP VoteCast. At a series of recent town halls, veterans angrily confronted Republican members as they defended the cuts made under Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson advised his members to skip the town halls and claimed that they were being filled with paid protesters, but some Republicans have been holding them and trying to respond to the criticism. Still, some elected Republicans have expressed unease with the seemingly indiscriminate firing of veterans, especially when they have not been looped in on the administration's plans. At a town hall on Friday, Texas Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw — a veteran himself — told the audience, “We’re learning about this stuff at the speed of light, the way you are. I think there’s been some babies thrown out with the bathwater here, but we’re still gathering information on it.” Read more.
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