The State Department was inundated with emotions on Friday, ranging from tears to open rebellion. The Trump administration moved forward with laying off over 1,300 career officials after the Supreme Court gave the go-ahead in a recent decision. Over a thousand more had already taken voluntary deferred resignations.
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The move comes as part of a restructuring led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. That includes getting rid of various departments centered on “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” I’m going to guess that includes those who gave the order to fly pride-progress flags at U.S. embassies.
In response, some flooded the lobby of the State Department to cry and “clap out” their now-former colleagues.
Other presumably remaining officials decided to move to open rebellion, posting signs in defiance of the Trump administration’s directives.
It would be pretty easy to figure out whose offices those