Posted on 03/07/2021 2:22:40 AM PST by USA Conservative
The White House fired the Trump-appointed General Counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Friday evening, following her refusal to step down.
In a definite letter Friday morning to President Biden, Sharon Gustafson said she "respectfully" declined the White House’s request for her resignation, noting she had only served half of her four-year term.
"I intend to honor that commitment," she wrote in a letter released by the Ethics and Public Policy Center. "I have confidently given this advice to countless embattled clients over the last 25 years: hold your head high, do your best work, and do not resign under pressure. I stand in solidarity with them, I will follow that advice," she added.
Gustafson was informed less than three hours later by the Deputy Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, Gautam Raghavan, in an email that her employment would be "terminated" effective by 5 p.m. Friday evening.
Gustafson, the first woman to serve as General Counsel to the EEOC, noted that her removal was highly irregular and that never before has a General Counsel been removed for "being appointed by the wrong political party."
In her letter to Biden, she accused the administration of suppressing her work on religious discrimination by removing press releases, reports and podcasts from the EEOC website following his inauguration.
"I can only assume that my resignation would be followed by similar suppression of our work promoting religious freedom," Gustafson wrote.
Republicans condemned the move as a political attack and pointed to Biden’s campaign pledge to end the partisan fighting in Washington.
"This is a pattern. President Biden calls for the end to ‘partisan warfare,’ only to turn around and demand that Senate-confirmed officials resign so he can make room for his left-wing friends," North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia
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Hypocrisy is the religion of the left. That mega-wuss Eric Swalwell, you know, Chinas best friend, is suing Trump, Trumps son and Giuliani because he claims they incited the Capital “riot” which was in reality a tour, saying it “traumatized” him.
So in other words for the past 4 years Eric had absolutely no issue whatsoever with Antifa, BLM actually traumatizing tens of thousands of people by assault, arson, looting, even flat out murder in every major city in the country and no problem with cops being spit in the face, having Molotov cocktails thrown at them but a door window broken at the Capital has traumatized Eric enough to sue.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/05/politics/trump-lawsuit-insurrection-eric-swalwell/index.html
Sounds like they are discriminating against her. She has been an employment lawyer for 28 years so I imagine she will sue.
biden and co ... et al obama. Harris. rice.. took stole the election and fired Trump
this is the craziest time that I can remember,. having an election.. winning it in a landslide., and replaced.
the dems can’t do this... even the gop has lost their bearing
“I imagine she will sue”
Let’s hope so - and in doing so remind us again of the left’s hatred and hypocrisy.
I hope she doesn’t get paid off.
Not sure she can successfully sue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereign_immunity
Don’t know if it applies to personnel issue in the .gov. I suspect it does.
Every administration does it ... not a news item
“Every administration does it “
Doesn’t sound like it...
“Gustafson, the first woman to serve as General Counsel to the EEOC, noted that her removal was highly irregular and that never before has a General Counsel been removed for “being appointed by the wrong political party.” “
Remember when Trump couldn't fire or hardly hire anyone for two years because Russia Russia? That was Graham, McConnell, Grassley that told him that. Our friends fiends in the GOP
Trump made innocent but eventful well meaning mistakes by not getting rid of some of obozo's people
They serve at the pleasure of ....
So this is ok, when trump did it, it was ww3
Trump could have done the same thing.
Instead, after two years in office, Trump had retained or promoted almost 50% of Obama-Bush appointees.
Bottom Line...
Republicans are the STUPID party.
Hypocrisy is the religion of the left political class. I fixed it. Want proof? Republicans only care about fiscal restraint and repealing Obamacare when the democrats control Congress.
Biden Administration = Happy Farm
Order for more nets to arrive soon
Translation: We have to payback a doner with a cushy gig, and you’re in the way...
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