Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Will be accompanied on Tuesday evening during her refutation speech for president Donald Trump’s Address for the congress by Andrew Lennox, a Marine Corps veteran and former Veteran Affairs employee who belonged to the many probation workers whose jobs were abruptly terminated in February by the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge).
Lennox, an American Marine Mortarman -Veteran with a deployment in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, according to mother Jones, started his role in the Department of Veterans Affairs Office in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in December 2024 – about two months earlier Doge started his fires From probation staff in the federal government.
His decadelong official period as a navy – which Lennox has described as the “biggest job” he has ever had – and his abrupt shooting is expected to be an important theme of Slotkin’s speech, which will focus on the sharp reductions of the federal staff, including former American service members.
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New senator Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Will give the democratic reaction to the state of the Union speech on March 4, 2025. (Reuters)
Lennox said he was that he was informed of his fires In an e -mail of 13 February, which partly read: “The agency discovers, based on your performance, that you have not shown that your further employment at the agency would be in the public interest.”
He provided a copy of the e -mail to local news stores and members of the congress who criticize Doge’s decision to reduce VA jobs as part of its efforts to reduce federal expenses.
While the e-mail suggested that Lennox had been fired for his achievements, he later told news that he had never received a performance evaluation during his two-month tenure.
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Mariene Veteran Andrew Lennox later discovered that he was one of the approximately 1,000 employees, the Ministry of Government Efficiency Abruptly dismissed on the Department of Veterans Affairs. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty images)
Lennox said that he later realized that it was identical to the e -mails received by other VA colleagues that were cut by Doge.
“Every person received the same e-mail with copy and infected,” he told Mother Jones in an interview in February.
“There were people who were probing because they were recently promoted for excellent performance,” he said. “That is what really made me angry, everyone else who had been there for a long time.”
Lennox later discovered that he was abruptly shot at the VA up to around 1,000 employees.
That news was noticed by Doge in one press release The next day, the dismissals of “non-paralyic unit of probation staff who have served for less than a year in a competitive service agreement or who have served for less than two years in a sampled service agreement.”
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., right, has detailed the efforts of the Democrats to hinder ELON Musk, Left, and his Ministry of Government Efficiency. (Reuters)
Although Doge said that the cutbacks on the staff will save the department more than $ 98 million annually, Lennox has a problem with the way the VA employees have been informed – as well as prospects for continuous care and services for veterans.
“If you want to make me as a reduction in violence, please do so, but give us the time to prepare for a correct transition so that the veterans do not suffer from this,” Lennox told a local news exit In Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Slotkin, a former member of the house and the CIA analyst, will probably focus part of its speech on the sharp reductions that DOGE gave to the federal workforce because it wants to reduce the federal budget.
In a press release announcing her refutation, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. Said Slotkin “will offer a daring vision of hope, unity and a better future for everyone, not just the rich at the top.”
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Her comments are planned to start Eastern Standard Time at 10 am.
