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David Rice, a disabled Army paratrooper who has been on probation since joining the U.S. Department of Energy in September, also learned Thursday night that he had lost his job.

Rice, who has been working as a foreign affairs specialist on health matters relating to radiation exposure, said he’d been led to believe that his job would likely be safe. But on Thursday night, when he logged into his computer for a meeting with Japanese representatives, he saw an email saying he’d been fired.

“It’s just been chaos,” said Rice, 50, who had just bought a house in Melbourne, Florida, after he got the job.

Rice said he agrees with the Trump administration’s goal of making the government more efficient, but objects to the random, scattershot approach being taken.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek 193 points 5 days ago (10 children)

A disabled federal government worker who supports Trump. You have to be a special kind of clueless to be in all of those camps.

Did he think being a veteran would protect him from the fickle judgement of the guy who famously called dead and injured soldiers "suckers and losers"?

[–] [email protected] 106 points 5 days ago (7 children)

DEI allowed people with disabilities to work in government. This dipshit Trumper MAGA fuckwit thinks he was immune. Fuck him. Hope he gets everything he voted for.

[–] Darkard 96 points 5 days ago (3 children)

That's because they think DEI just means black. As usual they don't know what the fuck they are talking about

[–] GrabtharsHammer 52 points 5 days ago

Now now now, they also think it means you hire women.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago

DEI is the safe n word now.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I have yet to hear one of those fuckers IRL tell me what DEI stands for, they don't know!

[–] db2 20 points 5 days ago

It stands for Donald, Eric, Ivanka.

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