EPA Employees Seeking Refuge In Other Agencies As Possible Trump Return Looms
Employees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are shifting to other government agencies in anticipation of former President Donald Trump potentially being reelected, according to E&E News. EPA employees…
Employees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are shifting to other government agencies in anticipation of former President Donald Trump potentially being reelected, according to E&E News.
EPA employees are moving to seek work at “safer” governmental agencies, including the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce, E&E News reported. Many federal employees are “very concerned” about potentially losing their jobs and being “specifically targeted” by the Trump administration if he returns to the Oval Office.
“People are worried, but anybody who has half a brain is existentially afraid for the safety of democracy,” an employee at the National Science Foundation told E&E News.
Trump has previously said that he would “demolish the deep state” if he is reelected and would make it easier to lay off federal employees, according to Politico.
“We have stopped doing any money-spending things because what if we’re without jobs in the next year?” a Department of the Interior employee told E&E News. “We need all the savings we can get.”