Jim Banks says he won't apologize for calling fired HHS employee a clown
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🗓️ 4 April 2025
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| 0:00.0 | So you have a different opinion than what Rob expressed the other day regarding Jim Banks. |
| 0:05.8 | Of course, our senator, he went viral for telling Max Schroeder, who is a man who identified himself as a recent HHS employee who was let go. |
| 0:16.2 | And Jim makes said that the guy probably deserved it and he seems like a clown. Yeah, I agree with that. |
| 0:22.9 | I agree with that. I wouldn't go so far as to say that he deserves it. Definitely a clown. |
| 0:27.3 | 100% because here's Jim Banks leaving and maybe this guy is upset because he lost his job. |
| 0:32.7 | Rightfully so. If you lose your job, I don't care what side of the aisle you're on, that kind of |
| 0:36.4 | sucks just as a human. |
| 0:40.9 | As a person, there's a lot of changes, families are affected and everything else. |
| 0:48.9 | But if you want to do this gotcha journalism where you're catching, and you have your camera out and you want to catch this viral moment, you got your wish, bud. |
| 0:50.1 | You got your wish. |
| 1:00.1 | So Max Schroeder said that he worked on programs supporting people with disabilities and older adults, and he was HHS before he was fired. |
| 1:02.9 | So let's review. This is how it went down. |
| 1:10.5 | Hi, I was a worker at HHS. I was fired illegally on February 14th. There are many people who are not getting social service programs, especially people with disabilities. |
| 1:16.6 | Are you going to do anything to stop what's happening? |
| 1:18.6 | You probably deserved it. |
| 1:19.6 | I deserved it. |
| 1:20.6 | You probably deserved it. |
| 1:21.6 | Oh, dude, that's the fruit of that. |
| 1:23.6 | Yeah, that's great to hear. |
| 1:24.6 | Why did I deserve it? |
| 1:26.6 | Because you seem like a clown. |
| 1:28.7 | Okay, sir, you shouldn't have said that on... |
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