{"id":14118,"date":"2024-01-16T01:51:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T01:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/16\/speaker-johnson-demands-firing-of-federal-workers-reportedly-staging-pro-palestinian-walkout\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T01:51:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T01:51:23","slug":"speaker-johnson-demands-firing-of-federal-workers-reportedly-staging-pro-palestinian-walkout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/16\/speaker-johnson-demands-firing-of-federal-workers-reportedly-staging-pro-palestinian-walkout\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson demands firing of federal workers reportedly staging pro-Palestinian walkout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is calling for the firing of federal workers who are reportedly planning to walk out on their jobs in protest of U.S. policy on Israel and Gaza.<\/p>\n

He suggested the House of Representatives would help ensure that employees who protest on Tuesday are punished.<\/p>\n

\u2018Any government worker who walks off the job to protest U.S. support for our ally Israel is ignoring their responsibility and abusing the trust of taxpayers. They deserve to be fired,\u2019 Johnson stated on X Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u2018Oversight Chairman Comer and I will be working together to ensure that each federal agency initiates appropriate disciplinary proceedings against any person who walks out on their job.\u2019<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the House Oversight Committee for further comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Johnson was responding to a report by Middle East-focused outlet Al-Monitor that said hundreds of federal employees from 22 government agencies pledged to participate in a walkout on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The group reportedly staging the protest, Feds United for Peace, is doing so in opposition to the Biden administration\u2019s handling of the war between Israel and Hamas. It\u2019s reportedly advertising the event as a \u2018Day of Mourning\u2019 to mark 100 days since Israel\u2019s invasion of Gaza began.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital found an Instagram account called \u2018Feds United for Peace\u2019 advertising a \u2018Day of Mourning\u2019 for Gaza on Jan. 16.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to one post, they label themselves \u2018a group of federal employees representing a range of federal agencies who believe it is our patriotic duty and moral imperative to urge our government to support calls for a ceasefire, and support humanitarian aid and access for Gaza.\u2019<\/p>\n

The issue of Israel has been driving a wedge between establishment Democrats and hardline leftists since Hamas militants invaded the country on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,200 people. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has said that more than 24,000 people have been killed so far in Israel\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

U.S. participation in the conflict escalated last week when it partnered with the U.K. to lead a coalition air attack on Houthi positions in Yemen.<\/p>\n

Progressives like Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Cori Bush, D-Mo., blasted the Biden administration for skirting Congress for the bombings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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