Republican senator urges the South African Nazi to show 'compassion' toward workers

[dalton99a]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/23/john-curtis-compassion-elon-musk-00205628

Republican senator urges Musk to show ‘compassion’ toward workers
Sen. John Curtis said: ‘These are real people. These are real lives.”
By Amanda Friedman
02/23/2025 01:03 PM EST

Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) pushed back on Elon Musk’s approach to downsizing the federal workforce on Sunday, saying the efforts of DOGE, Musk’s initiative, need to include “compassion” for the workers.

“If I could say one thing to Elon Musk it’s: Please put a dose of compassion in this,” Curtis said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “These are real people. These are real lives. These are mortgages. It’s a false narrative to say we have to cut and be cruel to do it as well.”

Curtis’ statements were a critique of Elon Musk’s aggressive approach to reduce the federal government as leader of DOGE, which has included calling for the downsizing or termination of federal agencies and seeking access to sensitive government databases.

In his latest move, federal employees received an email Saturday requesting an explanation for what they accomplished in their roles over the past week. In a post on X, Musk said a lack of response would be taken as a resignation.

“It’s not unusual in a corporate setting to have people report and explain what they’re doing, especially if they’re working from home,” Curtis said, referring to the email. “But I will double down on the fact that we don’t need to be so cold and hard, and let’s put a little compassion and dignity in this as well.”

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[XanaDUer2]

1. Right

[sakabatou]

2. Compassion? That's a weakness in repuke eyes

[Irish_Dem]

3. Is every GOP senator a complete gd idiot?

Or drunk all the time like Lindsay?

[milestogo]

4. Watch out you can get deported for saying something that outrageous.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Wow getting deported would be my lucky day.

One way ticket out of the new US hell hole.

[milestogo]

8. Remember when that Episcopalian bishop Mariann Budde told Trump to be merciful?

The next week the Repubs were trying to deport her for that.

What did Bishop Budde and President Trump say?

“Let me make one final plea, Mr. President,” the soft-spoken bishop said from the pulpit of Washington National Cathedral. “I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” she said. “There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives,” Budde preached. She said “the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals,” calling them “good neighbors” and “faithful members” of religious communities.

At the White House afterward, Trump said he “didn’t think it was a good service.” He later called Budde a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” on his Truth Social site and demanded an apology for “her inappropriate statements.”

https://apnews.com/article/trump-inaugural-prayer-service-episcopal-bishop-mariann-budde-60d409d1ba9b69ad1065065b9218c558

[dalton99a]

10. +1

[eShirl]

6. a kinder gentler chainsaw hand

[2naSalit]

7. Good luck with that.

[mzmolly]

9. Compassion? When did that become a republican

thing?

What about putting thought behind gutting goverment, as well? You know actually take time to establish if/when cuts can and should be made?

[malaise]

11. Eff both of them

Trap the muskrat

That is all

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. One Nazi imploring another Nazi to be less Nazi-like. nt

[Wingus Dingus]

13. Krasnov and Musky say, "Where's the fun in that?"