Trump adviser Alina Habba says veterans fired by DOGE are perhaps ‘not fit to have a job at this moment’
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WASHINGTON — White House adviser Alina Habba said Tuesday that military veterans impacted by the DOGE-led layoffs of federal workers may not be “fit to have a job at this moment.”
Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn, Habba was asked about fired workers whom Democrats invited to President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress Tuesday. Habba defended the cuts and said she had no sympathy for the thousands of people who have lost their jobs.
“Ireallydon’tfeelsorryforthem,”Habbasaid.“TheyshouldgetbacktoworkfortheAmericanpeople,likePresidentTrumpandthisadministration.”
Areporterthennotedthatsomemilitaryveteranshavebeenpartofthatgroup.
“That’ssomethingthepresidenthasalwayscaredabout— anybodyinblue,anybodythatservesthiscountry.Butatthesametime,wehavetaxpayerdollars,wehaveafiscalresponsibilitytousetaxpayerdollarstopaypeoplethatactuallywork,”shesaid.
“Thatdoesn’tmeanthatweforgetourveteransbyanymeans,
