Letter: Trump is clueless about firing civil servants without cause | Letters to the editor

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Regarding “Crossing Trump: 2 SC Republicans take different approaches” (March 12): During Donald Trump’s recent South Carolina rally, he stated that if he were reelected he would expand the president’s powers, adding, “This would include making every executive-branch employee fireable by the president. ” Continuing with that thought, he goes on to say, “The deep state must and will be brought to heel.” I assume he means deep state Democrats, not Republicans.

Unfortunately for Trump, he’s apparently unaware of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which makes it unlawful to dismiss or demote federal employees for political reasons. In my opinion, it couldn’t be clearer what another four years of Trump would do to the country. Forget about the Constitution, that would be flushed down the toilet. Flushing important documents down toilets is something he excels at.

Stephan Thomas • St. Louis

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