A lot of federal employees have managed to make time to appear on cable TV to complain about having to list five things they accomplished at work last week, something which should take five minutes. One worker said she felt "absolutely infuriated" by the request. However, it's not just federal employees who have a problem with the email. As we reported on Monday, Sen. Andy Kim urged our public servants to "stay strong" and apologized that they were being "threatened."
Also weighing in from the Senate was Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who called the email "absurd" and said that public servants should be "treated with dignity and respect."
If Elon Musk truly wants to understand what federal workers accomplished over the past week, he should get to know each department and agency, and learn about the jobs he's trying to cut.
— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (@lisamurkowski) February 23, 2025
Our public servants work hard to ensure that our national security is protected; that…
Her post continues:
… that planes land safely; that forest fires do not spread to our homes; that Social Security checks arrive on time; that research for the breakthroughs needed to cure diseases like cancer and ALS continues; and much more.
Our public workforce deserves to be treated with dignity and respect for the unheralded jobs they perform. The absurd weekend email to justify their existence wasn’t it.
Wow, each and every one is a hero. Maybe the email was sent to smoke out those public servants who've been working from home since COVID and don't even check their email anymore, or even those who don't exist at all.
Murkowski was still at it on Tuesday, saying the request for five bullet points by a deadline was "intimidation."
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🚨Sen Lisa Murkowski attacks the 'What did you get done last week’ email sent to federal employees —
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) February 25, 2025
— calls it “intimidation." pic.twitter.com/lBgOBbngbg
No, Lisa, it’s called a simple request. 🙄
— FloridaTropics (@TropicsFlorida) February 25, 2025
Lisa. If these federal workers are so essential, they should have zero problem listing five things they accomplished.
— MAG🔫1775🇺🇸 (@Mar50cC5O) February 23, 2025
Maybe if D.C. wasn’t bloated with useless bureaucrats leeching off taxpayers, we wouldn’t have open borders, failing infrastructure, and a broken economy.…
It's not difficult to know if someone is actually working or not.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) February 24, 2025
She says, "Our public servants work hard..." I know some of them do. I was one of them. But to suggest they ALL work hard is a political wishful-thinking with no connection to real life.
— Jim Kaness (@JimKaness) February 24, 2025
Wouldn’t it be easier for them to just list a few things they actually did?
— 𝙼𝚁. 𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙳𝚂𝙻𝙸𝙽𝙶𝙴𝚁 (@Lead_Flinger) February 23, 2025
If naming 5 things you did last week is “intimidating”, perhaps you didn’t get anything done.
— Kevin M. Nelson (@KevinMNelsonUSA) February 25, 2025
Sadly, Murkowski’s list would include voting against Trump nominees.
True.
I have a quarterly review next week.
— Eddie from Acworth (@eddyfromacworth) February 25, 2025
I am going to start the meeting by claiming this is intimidation.
They are so out of touch to the real world. What exactly is the "proper chain?" The one that takes weeks, months to get answers? No, I like the reply email better. It wouldn't be hard at all.
— Kelly (@KellRN42) February 25, 2025
Sure, senators want to shrink the size of government, but they want to do it without laying anyone off. A five-bullet email is a lot easier to go through than the "proper chain," which is just more layers of bureaucracy.
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