Behold: Your tax dollars were spent to give counseling to government workers who were upset that the Bad Orange Man won the election.
Here's a transcript of the letter from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) to Sec. of State Antony Blinken:
Dear Secretary Blinken:
As a Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I write to you regarding reports of official post-election State Department therapy and listening sessions.' I am concerned that the Department is catering to federal employees who are personally devastated by the normal functioning of American democracy through the provision of government-funded mental health counseling because Kamala Harris was not elected President of the United States.
Hey, hey, hey ... doesn't Rep. Issa realize that "democracy" only works when your favored candidates get elected??
Instead, on November 5, the American people resoundingly elected Donald J. Trump as the 47th President of the United States - a decisive repudiation of four years of failed Biden-Harris foreign policy. It is disturbing that ostensibly nonpartisan government officials would suffer a personal meltdown over the results of a free and fair election, something the United States champions around the world. It is unacceptable that the Department accommodates this behavior and subsidizes it with taxpayer dollars.
I'm not sure what sound best describes serving someone their comeuppance, but there is a symphony of it happening in this letter.
Furthermore, the mere fact that the Department is hosting these sessions raises significant questions about the willingness of its personnel to implement the lawful policy priorities that the American people elected President Trump to pursue and implement. The Trump Administration has a mandate for wholesale change in the foreign policy arena, and if foreign service officers cannot follow through on the American people's preferences, they should resign and seek a political appointment in the next Democrat administration.
Think about it: If you were the incoming boss of a company but the employees hated you so much that the old boss had to pay for therapy sessions to help them deal with the transition, what would you do with said employees?
What about when you are talking about employees who must deal with foreign leaders and national security on the world stage, where optics, loyalty, and decorum are paramount?
The mental health of our foreign service personnel is important, but The Department has no obligation to indulge and promote the leftist political predilections of its employees and soothe their frayed nerves because of the good-faith votes of - and at the personal expense of - the American taxpayers.
Rep. Issa is giving Blinken until the end of the day on Friday the 22nd to answer questions related to these therapy sessions.
(The jury is out on whether that actually happens!)
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