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Mark Kelly: “I met with veterans who then had, some of them were disabled…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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LIVE: Senator Mark Kelly holds town hall in Tucson, AZ

Published | Video Starts at 57:41

Well, when they got into office, it didn't take them long for Elon Musk to put together his band of doge Bros and run rampant through the federal government and just randomly fire people. I met with a number of these folks. I met with veterans who then had, some of them were disabled veterans who had federal government jobs, who had received outstanding performance reports. And then suddenly they're fired by Elon Musk for poor performance. It seems to me and everybody else. Any lawyers would tell you that's against the law. The president doesn't care about the law. And you're right, he wants loyalty to him. (57:41–57:57)

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Asserts that disabled veterans with outstanding performance reports were fired by Elon Musk for poor performance.

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