http://twitchy.com/samj/2025/07/13/womp-womp-womp-womp-byron-york-takes-those-devastating-cuts-at-the-state-department-apart-with-math-n2415599
As Twitchy readers know, the State Department laid off 1300 employees.
And as Twitchy readers also know, the federal government employees who weren't let go somehow magically had time to make sad posters and form lines clapping for the people who were even less productive and who lost their jobs.
Yeah, the overpaid, Deep State derelicts in the State Department who were fired did, however, find the time to get up off their worthless asses to plaster these childish signs all over the building before they left ...
No, what YOU Statist grifters love is to be paid substantial compensation and benefits for doing little to nothing in return ... well ... other than being activists for your Deep State masters.
Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) ~ Hilariously, every single one of these signs is a massive reminder that firing all of these people was the right thing to do. Working for a federal agency isn’t a choose your own adventure. You don’t set policy. Your job is to implement it.
Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) ~ I am cackling thinking about these potatoes trying to work a real private sector job. LOL!
Throw in the Left losing their damn minds over it, and we had the most mockable, perfect storm maybe ever.
And then someone like Byron York does the math, gives the situation a little perspective, and nukes the entire thing:
Byron York (@ByronYork) ~ Looking at State Department documents, it appears the department went from 57,340 total employees in 2007 to 72,895 in 2015 to 80,214 in 2024. So it grew by nearly 23,000 employees before the 'devastating' cut of 1,300.
Hmmm ... seems that a lot more terminations at State are in order.
J Michael Waller (@JMichaelWaller) ~ If we cut the State Department staff by 1/2 to 2/3, being careful about who is let go and who is retained & recruited, we would likely have a far more capable, nimble, and efficient diplomatic service.
I purloined some things from this article, as well ...
'Fire Them All': Here Are MORE Signs Left Around the State Dept. (the Level of Entitlement... Yikes!)
http://twitchy.com/dougp/2025/07/12/fire-them-all-here-are-more-signs-left-around-the-state-dept-the-level-of-entitlement-yikes-n2415583
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