Trump Administration to Fire USDA Employee Who Warned About SNAP Funding in MSNBC Interview

One federal employee says she is being fired after she gave an interview to MSNBC about her and her coworkers' experiences during the government shutdown and how the shutdown would negatively impact SNAP benefits.

Department of Agriculture employee Ellen Mei first spoke with MSNBC on Oct. 2, at the start of the shutdown. At the time, host Chris Jansing clarified that her guest was speaking for herself and not "representing [her] employer."

Mei, who works as a program specialist with SNAP benefits, told Jansing during an approximately four-minute long interview that she and her co-workers were feeling “anxious because we’re hearing about the risk potentials and office closures that are looming over USDA as this shutdown kind of drags on.”

She also said at the time that SNAP benefits would likely be issued for the month of October, but warned, “things might get a little dicey if this drags on into November.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-fire-usda-employee-222742451.html

Aw did Donny get his feefees hurt again?