… that CNN is not disclosing the party affiliation of the federal workers that are here tonight. And that's for a reason, precisely because of the question that you're asking, because There is a fear over political retaliation by this administration and a singling out and isolating of career federal workers based on party affiliation. just in their participation in public civic discourse. And this is from a Republican Party that claims to believe in free speech, which we know from their actions in the last couple of months have actually been doing nothing but the opposite. (30:49–31:02)
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Asserts that the current administration is retaliating against federal workers based on party affiliation.
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