Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) on Sunday known as for “compassion” in tech billionaire Elon Musk’s option to federal employees.
“I just published an op-ed, Deseret News, Deseret.com, and I talk about my experience as mayor and having to do similar things,” Curtis advised CBS Information’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation.” “If I can say one thing to Elon Musk, it’s like, ‘Please put a dose of compassion in this. These are real people. [These] are real lives. These are mortgages.’”
Musk, a unique adviser to President Trump, gave a caution on Saturday to federal workers a couple of new coverage leading to them having to element paintings efforts by means of electronic mail.
“Consistent with President @realDonaldTrump’s instructions, all federal employees will shortly receive an email requesting to understand what they got done last week,” Musk mentioned in a prior submit on X.
“Failure to respond will be taken as a resignation,” the tech billionaire persisted.
Musk didn’t define further main points on X, however a replica of a message that federal workers have been despatched has been reviewed by means of The Hill.
“Please reply to this email with approx. 5 bullet points of what you accomplished last week and cc your manager. Please do not send any classified information, links or attachments,” mentioned the e-mail. “Deadline is Monday at 11:59pmEST.”
Musk mentioned Sunday that “good responses” to the e-mail despatched to federal workers have inspired him.
“To offboard someone with grace and compassion is mission critical to every organization. This has been largely missing from the media reports of current cuts,” Curtis mentioned in a Saturday opinion piece for Deseret Information.
“We also shouldn’t discount or vilify the good people who work diligently for the American people even in the face of poor leadership in bloated bureaucracies. I agree with those concerned that the DOGE approach has appeared reckless and rash,” he added.
In his “Face the Nation” look, Curtis mentioned he believes the message despatched to federal workers “is a request [that] is that difficult.”
“I would ask my employees to let me know what they’re doing. But I will double down on the fact of, we don’t need to be so cold and hard, and let’s put a little compassion and, quite frankly, dignity in this as well,” he added.
The Hill has reached out to the White Space for remark.
