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Mark Kelly: “When they got into office, it didn't take them long for Elon…”

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 57:24

What can the Senate do to protect civil servants from the assault on their rights and jobs? 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. (57:24–57:40)

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Asserts that Elon Musk randomly fired people in the federal government.

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