Rep. Suozzi: 26% of the federal workforce are veterans—26%. What about their service to this country? We encouraged them to apply for these jobs, and now we’re just taking away their livelihoods? It’s not just chaotic, it’s not just cruel—it’s unconstitutional.
Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here: youtu.be/H_KDJ-6FDPs
Stupid reporter asking stupid questions.
Gosh, I forget which Texas House Rep who was always complaining about the trillion dollar deficit AND THAT GUY ALSO VOTED FOR THIS BILL??? 😂🤣 I will go look him up, I mean he could be a meme for for ever!
The one thing all republicans share is that they really don't stand for anything. Literally they would do anything to stand in good graces with maga and if republicans are gaining a conscience they sure didn't vote that way on the budget. With apologies to Suozzi.
They can't stand because they are busy on bent knees licking the shoes.
They do stand for something. They stand for looting and pillaging the rest of us. I'm beginning to prefer calling them "rap€publicans"
It still has a long way to go. Not saying people shouldn’t be upset, but I have a feeling it’s going to end up with another CR. This isn’t going to pass.
When the try and pass the CR, they are going to red line programs they want to eliminate off the accompanying explainer spreadsheet. We're fvcked either way
Chip Roy?
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Anyone knows how to make memes out of this guy? @meidastouch.com This clown! You can possibly find 10 videos of him on YouTube lecturing his fellow Republicans about the trillion dollar deficit! Smh
Somebody … make this fella lose his seat. It will be very cathartic for me!
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So what the cluck are they doing about it?
Where were he and Chip Roy and the others who were so upset with the spending. Just more play acting so they can get a deal to vote the way they were going to anyway.
It’s evil. Pure and simple evil.
So what is anyone doing about this
What percentage of those veterans were shortsighted enough to vote for trump?
There is a guy down the street that tore down his MIA flag and put up a Trump flag. If you asked him he’d still claim to care about veterans, but he cares more about being MAGA. At this point IMO he’s supporting a traitor and his service to his country is as valuable as was Benedict Arnold’s.
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Exactly
Will any of them get the courage to say "enough!" Not just once but often enough to actually make a difference? I'm gonna say no.
And cutting their benefits at the same time.
well, Roberts is saying this constitution is unconstitutional.
It seems that income inequality is not high enough in the US. But what will billionaires do with the money taken from the poor? If Musk gains another $100bn, will he tweet less and start making a positive contribution to the country? Not a chance.
USPS is one of the major employers to veterans too, is that correct
And there are plans by this regime to move forward with dismantling and privatizing USPS.
Yes I've been following the calculated implosion by Dejoy since 2020. He did what he came to do and the rapist will try to finish it. Smh.
And now Trump is going to remove their fire arms
Which Republicans?
Trump and musk are domestic terrorists.
I just have one thing to say I hope active duty personnel are paying attention to how they’re treating veterans. It will be easier to make a decision to resist when they ask you to kill Americans peacefully protesting this government.
And to finish my comment (space constraints), I chose that piece of 2025 info to give them because in my circle of coworkers, I honestly question their capability of empathy if the bad stuff isn’t directly affecting them personally.
I’m AD and I absolutely have been paying attention. Even read the chapter in 2025 regarding military and vets. I have been freaking TELLING my coworkers for months that the goal is to take away disability if you’re retiring from the service. And that’s not even enough to wake a lot of them up……
Ain’t it the truth
The next time the Republican Party says that they support the Veterans of America, ask them why they stood silent when Trump allowed tens of thousands of them to be fired and also lose their benefits by Trump and his administration.
Their votes mean they spoke loudly! They had the opportunity to stop this but they cowered away again!
I agree. My wife's aunt and young daughter both work at Target. Both desperately need money. Where's the justice!!??
I guess they didn't get the meaning of Trump believing them to be sucker's and losers. He cares less about vets than about the guy that cleans his pool.
Can't wait to see the jobless report on March 7th....
It is very cruel!
Ignore the constitution like Trump has, and there is no such thing as unconstitutional.
Or as King Bone Spurs would call them " fools" and "DEI " Hires
And on March 15…something significant….🤔
The old: Bait and Switch
GOP forgets vets had a direct job/contract pipeline to the Federal government
And stupid. But no surprise there.
Please remind the neighboring Congressman Nick Lakota (NY-1), a veteran himself, who lies about supporting Veterans every day.
The GOP are not standing up quick enough!
it takes a while finding your backbone when it's on the floor, in the dark. Maybe someone kicked it under a cupboard somewhere. Our cats are notorious for hiding stuff under the couch like all cats tend to do.
Old man trump thinks veterans are suckers and losers!
This is unconscionable.
Have town halls and let people know!!
See Marg; they don’t deserve their jobs .
With Trump (& Musk), cruelty is the point! Karma : Can we address these MF’ers?
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Remember this! The chairperson of the oversight committee, MTG, said that Federal jobs, aren't real jobs. She herself is one and so are all members of the entire military. How is this ignoramus allowed to chair oversight? Seriously!
Its not who you know, its who you blow!
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How is she in congress period(t)? Such a dumb person.
It is also not Christian. We should care for those who cared for us.
having a conscience means you know without having to be told this is wrong, you know inherently. Republicans have no conscience.
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If there is so much “unconstitutional” shit going on, then where is law enforcement?
Why the hell do Republicans need to hear from their constituents to know something is UNCONSTITUTIONAL? SHOULDN'T THEY ALREADY KNOW THAT?
You're not wrong.
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They do. They love to feign ignorance.
2% of the federal budget are federal workers. Fire all of them it won't make a dent in the republican debt. Change the message, 1% of Americans provide services for the other 99% of Americans.
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I watched that cabinet meeting. I heard Trump lie his ass off and actually fact checked him several times. It's about time for the people across the aisle to step up! 😲
It's about time some Republicans have gotten off their ass and said something. I've been so livid at the Republican party! I watched Trump lie his ass off through that cabinet meeting with those idiots!
Hey, you know what? Other people have value, too.
I’m a veteran. Most of the people you’re talking about are MAGA. THEY FAFO.
Nope. I think that the vet/maga numbers are exaggerated. This is a trope repeated incessantly by MAGA. I'm a vet. Most vets that I know are highly educated, have been around the world and have learned some things along the way. We heard loud and clear that trump called them suckers and losers.
Also, I hope you’re right ! 🍀
What branch were you in? I’m glad you are smart enough to know that, but everywhere I’ve been was playing FoxSpews
Air Force, I was a Ground Radio tech. 80% of my current colleagues are former military. How about you?
Army. All I do now is ride in the Veterans Day parade in my small town. I’m a retired artist. It’s about like anywhere, maybe a few more veterans being between San Antonio and Killeen
I'm not sure how one would retire from being an artist.
I know 😂 I’m not really 100%retired After I got cancer, I was going to start doing what I really wanted to do, but not much changed! 🤷🏽♂️
Damn straight. I am also a uniformed military service veteran. He has never been my president, nor will he ever be. I don't take orders from fascists, nor do I answer to their racist, skeevy, villainous pals. 🤨
Your boss said he wasn’t sure who started the Ukraine war, please forward this picture of him explaining how it happened to him so maybe he can understand himself.
What I’d correct Rep. Suozzi on is the use of the word “we” in this, it’s “they” - Trump, Musk and the Republicans - who are taking those jobs away. There’s no collective ownership of this that warrants the use of “we” - put the blame EXACTLY where it belongs. It’s on them. All of it.
It’s also a tremendous national security threat. As is the entire trump administration.
Isn't the large numbers of unemployed going to affect the economy?
A lot of those veterans voted for this shit, so fuck ‘em. #realpainforMAGAts
oh, also they don't deserve their jobs or paychecks according Cro-Magnon woman
A lot of MAGA supporters are vets. They don’t connect Trumplicans as “the government” even though this is his second term. They’ll keep blaming “the government” without connecting it to Trump or Elon. Decades of grooming in Double Think.
The Constitution is nothing but TP to them. Next time, draft a better one and make sure it will be followed.
Oh, is Suozzi going to do the right thing now? How refreshing.
It's hard to wake some folks up, but losing your job so tax cuts for billionaires who largely do not pay taxes can be extended might, just might, make Republican vets understand them Trump doesn't give a shit about them or their service, and if they are disabled, they disgust him.
Don't forget that he thinks the soldiers that lay in Arlington are losers.
Says a man who faked bone spurs to dodge the draft.
When was this recorded? Because only one R voted noted against the budget, less than 12 hours ago. He wasn’t the one.
Voted no. Ugh
He wasn’t. It’s was rep a Thomas Massie from Kentucky and one Dem was a no vote, rep from Arizona who has not been around this season and missed 300 votes since Feb 2023 due to health issues. rep Raul Grijalva.
Some of those veterans are former snipers.
Very important to note
Too bad they didn't just fire those who voted for this, which was 65% of active/prior-service members.
This. Every bit of this.
Trump has shown us what he thinks of the military. All you active military, take note. You will be veterans soon enough. Ready to act on illegal orders from these people who do not care about you one tiny bit? Ready to cast your oath aside for these clowns?
LET IT HAPPEN. Long Island is RED. Let them understand they voted against their own interests. Don't save the GOP from the horror they've brought to this nation.
ALL THEY WANT ARE LOYALISTS. THIS IS WHY THE EMAILS. IF YOU DONT FOLLOW THE SIMPLIEST OF RULES YOUR OUT.
Fafofafofafofafofafo…get it yet?
Rep Suozzi might be astonished what the Constitution would permit. Especially under a conservative SCOTUS that sees it mostly as a theological object, to be brandished but not considered with any critical thought. After all a bunch of slaveowners approved the thing in the first place.
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Weekdays are hard. They should do a Saturday. But I'll wear blue and my donkey brooch. It stands out bc no one wears brooches anymore.
The MLK picture only gets put up when he does the Zooms
Never enlist in elon and felon’s military.
We could fill volumes with the Rumpian Regime’s illegal & Unconstitutional actions… When are the arrests &retributions gonna happen?
LOVING Tom!!! 👏👏👏👏👏
We reduced the number of Federal Workers before by giving their jobs to Federal Contractors. Now we are firing both. Federal Workers and Federal Contractors. The agencies are be neutered so they can show we don’t need them and Congress will dissolve them.
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I wonder what's going to happen to that jobs report, will it be fudged too?
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Just remember Trump calls people who serve "Suckers and Losers."
Simple questions. Why did congressional members decide to run for Congress? To uphold the US Constitution and laws? To serve their districts with truth and justice? Or, did they run for office to uphold the ego, greed and corruption of a man? A man who is never held accountable to law.
And the greed and corruption of themselves too, it appears
Stop saying WE. Trump and MAGA took their jobs away. Aren’t there an overwhelming amount of veterans that vote MAGA? Sounds like a case of FAFO.
You should have thought about that when you were bashing Harris, Tom.
This is who the GOP is, anti-veteran, anti-police & faux family values.
Rise ip. Fight back while you have the chance
Can't help but think the smug/superior approach of the MeidasTouch is an own goal.
Unfortunately MAGA prefers cruelty
Should immediately be followed by: “…and these are the direct actions we are taking in response…”
Go Tom!
Most veterans that work for the government could have earned more money by going to the private sector. However, they chose to serve their country in a different capacity. It's going to be very difficult for them to come back if we ever become a nation again and not an empire.
Everyone blaming Musk, when it is the fault of the orange felon that brought him in.
cruelty was an added bonus for muskrat and humpty trumpty
Also is screwing over Europe. Shitbag
What are you and your Republican colleagues, especially the vets, doing about it? It's not a partisan issue. Vets unflinchingly followed orders, some gave up their health and watched their compatriots die. Are you and the Republicans going to abandon them? Really?
Yes! We need to get back to a place where our WORD MATTERS! Where we don’t bait and switch.. to our countrymen, our vets, our allies… I miss US!
My stepfather is a veteran with 5 combat tours. He works in the federal government and he was told during his last evaluation that his veteran preference was no longer considered. That was during the Biden administration.
As if MAGA gives a shit about us Veterans.
As a Veteran... we voted for this. I was one of the Veterans who didn't. So fuck us. We deserve this.
It was like 60/40, so fuck 60% of us. But yeah.
OK. I agree. Now, what are you doing about it?
It is sado-populism at this point. The cruelty is the point. Our veterans have served us honorably, we need to take care of them.
Republican lawmakers don’t give a shit. They never have. It’s all about power and getting reelected. 🤔
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It certainly shows active military what they have to look forward to
Which is NOTHING. They have absolutely nothing to look forward to.
There's always the pass time of scamming Veteran disability benefits.
Vets for Trump how you feel? When he called us suckers and losers that should’ve ended all military/veterans support for him.
Reviews after Trumps first cabinet meeting illustrate how he has given Elon full control over the Cabinet members. Trump told the courts Elon was an advisor and Amy (someone) is in charge of DOGE. It's clear Elon is making all the decisions and Trump is impendent and scared of Elon, his money.
Cruelty is the point.
And no one is challenging the unconstitutionality of any of this. Theres a reason for that correct?
Ppl seem slow to understand a few simple facts: - Any pain they cause, even to their own peeps, is intentional - They do not care about ppl like Suozzi calling them out - In fact, they revel in it - The cruelty is the point Thanks Tom for trying And now you got a target on your back
And when we downsize our foot around the world where all those people supposed to get jobs they're gutting their best shot at it as trump warned to people overseas that are allies excuse me former allies may not tip us off to imminent attacks since we're on Putin side now
Long Islanders are too dependent on NYC for good jobs. Y'all need much more affordable housing and higher wages in order to attract businesses.
remind me...which GOP MAGA REPUBLICANS have a conscience? 🤔
I guess if they are smart they will pull the democratic lever in the midterms.
Teachers and counselors should tell the school graduates not to enlist in the army; instead go to college or learn new tools to train as mechanics, construction workers. The country does not treat veterans well once they have given their best.
Reality pill. College will NOT be accessible. Grants going away, IDC going/gone, tuition w skyrocket, no education grants. Rich white kids will b going 2 college which will suck anyway bc the brain drain has already started y'all. We will not recover what has happened in just 30 days in my lifetime.
DEI baby
Where would we be as a Nation if they abandoned us as they are being abandoned?
It's great he is speaking out and some Republicans are too, but to say they have a conscience is a bit of a stretch. If they had a conscience, they would have started sooner to prevent this chaos.
I hear leadership! Tom Suozzi sounding presidential. Let's hear more, more!
Veterans who got jobs based on DEI policies? Nice way to thank them for their service. Trumpublicans never pay their debts.
Trumpcucklicans
Unpatriotic
But they’re DEI hires and we know the GQP hates that 🙃
Trump did call them Suckers and losers.
So why did they vote for the safe act last night?
But, 65% of said veterans voted for this shite, so they can FO!
Unfortunately most serving and Ex military people voted for that dude!
Isn't it ironic that so many veterans are losing their jobs, after serving their country, as dictated from a man-child who evaded service due to "bone spurs" and an immigrant who is recklessly wielding a chainsaw to celebrate his actions to fire the vets.
Suozzi was on 🔥. He's one of the good ones!
Treason/Impeach.
My dad gave over 40 years to the government. 20 active duty, 20 in a naval shipyard as a welder. He's retired but we all feel this betrayal. My dad, especially.
Veterans likely voted for Trump, fuck them. They can sleep in the bed they made.
Need to pick up Musk & Trump.
Trump said it ! Military are suckers. So he’s getting rid of the suckers!
Arrest this mf, call in the ninjas to end this if you have to. When they go low, go lower. US didn't vote for this, not even the magas.
Any of them own guns? No reason, just curious.
Get in there buddy!
"... how you say, F**k you" - GOP
Ben needs to have those w/ opposing views to see how well they can seriously defend their positions.
No .... it's part of the plan. To expand the army, in advance for whatever war Trump starts.
Our government is morally bankrupt under this administration.
Yet they’ll still get raging hard-ons for military flyovers and asking vets to stand before fucking football games. Miss me with that bullshit.
Get these lunatics out
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A large number of those veterans are from ethnic minorities, who were encouraged to join the military to get a good education and the inclusion policies of the government meant it was easier for them to get another job working for the government.
Absofuckinglutly they are 🤬🤬🤬
Since the Supreme Court is no longer enforcing the Constitution, it's up to us citizens to enforce it.
The republicans neither have a conscience or a spine!
Tom is finally waking up!
so what is he doing about it...???
Maybe I’m naïve, stupid, out of touch, but I did take Civics class in high school (yeah, okay, a long time ago) and I’m pretty sure this is not how it’s supposed to work. And, I don’t understand how this unelected billionaire is allowed to take a chainsaw(!) to our govt.
I doubt Founders Intent was for a win of less than 1% & losing seats in the house being a mandate to do more than incremental change & USA to become a monarchy to be ruled by royal decree
Getting rid of being ruled by a monarchy was kinda the point.
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The fact that people don't understand civics at all and ended up voting for someone who also doesn't understand civics is a huge part of our problem.
I think you are correct. Do they not understand it because civics and gov’t & history isn’t being taught anymore? It seems not only voters, but the people in Congress are clueless and crooked or compromised.🤷♀️
My son is a HS junior and is getting a lot of history and civics, but he's taking AP which is a deeper dive than what most classes would get. And Congress can be clueless because their voters don't know the difference and just believe what they want to believe and their skewed media gives them.
Yep. What a mess.
Hypocrisy is the name of the game for these assholes. Can't even give a half nod the people they're supposed to stand shoulder to shoulder with. WTFU if you haven't already people in unions, firefighters, veterans etc. and vote accordingly. www.mediamatters.org/sean-hannity...
Listened to this show. Wry impressed with Rep. Suozzi’s passion.
They don't care. Remember, Trump called them suckers and losers.
God, I hope he’s right about Republicans “coming around”. This nightmare can’t end unless they are on board to fight this coup.
Right on, Tom. You know that Trump has issues with military people, right?
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How many will commit suicide? JFC! What the hell is wrong with people?
Trump hates the veterans
I think we are going to see more than broken windows at Tesla showrooms. Nobody voted for this.
Even maga didn’t vote for this.
I think they did. They just didn’t think it would affect them. And now it will.
“Suckers and losers” I heard him say it, in Marine One, while flying over Normandy. Confirmed by General Kelly
I wonder if this matters to ppl currently in service, and if it does, how will it manifest itself?
Let's get busy. Walk Trump out of the WH in handcuffs, deport, and defund Elon. How much more should we take ?
I like this idea.
Kinda sick of the ‘military are worth sticking up for and other people aren’t as valuable’ implication tbh.’ People worked hard for their civil service jobs and devoted their life to their country and its goals. Fight for them just as hard, they also served.
It's all part of MAGA/Russia's Soft War on the US Military and Veterans. Over 2500 necessary staff was fired from the VA in the last few days. VA programs are all closing down. Our medical and financial rerecords are compromised...none of this should shock anyone. It's all part of Putin's plan.
Which republicans?
This.
Which Republicans? Can you point them out? Are they in the room right now?👀
NO!!!! It's MAGA!!!
Really like this guy. Glad his words are getting more traction. We need people like this in leadership
THIS is an old post. He has since had a stretchy vote sooooo maybe not.
All the cowards need to speak out!
