‘It’s Called Having A Boss’: Scott Jennings Reminds Panelists Federal Workers Work For Trump

Republican strategist Scott Jennings gave CNN panelists upset over an email asking government workers to outline their accomplishments a reality check Monday night, reminding them that all federal employees have President Donald Trump as their boss.

White House Senior Advisor Elon Musk posted on X Saturday that federal employees needed to tell the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) what they accomplished the previous week in an email due by 11:59 p.m. Monday. “The View” co-host Ana Navarro claimed the email was “abusive” to government employees and that the cuts were “ haphazard.”

“If they did it surgically, if they did it strategically, if they did it deliberately and thoughtfully, I don’t think anybody would have an issue with cutting some government waste with identifying programs that are not working, but the way they are doing it is haphazard, it is dangerous, it is, frankly, abusive of federal workers and it is just plain wrong,” Navarro proclaimed, touching off a back-and-forth involving her, co-panelist Tara Setmayer and Jennings.

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“It’s abusive to send an email?” Jennings asked, with Navarro responding, “Yes, I do. I do think that I think the way that they are. Yeah, I think the way that they are treating them-”.

Trump appointed Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy as co-chairs of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Nov. 12, with Ramaswamy stepping down Jan. 20 to prepare to run