Schadenfreude. It’s what’s for breakfast. Politico reports that many of the hacks appointed by the former guy are financially suffering while waiting for vacation payouts and unemployment forms following their termination:
Political appointees who stay to the very end of an administration often face a gap between Jan. 20 and when they land their next job, given the time it takes to network, get job interviews and then get a formal offer. Trump appointees face the added problem of job hunting in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot, which made some companies reluctant to hire former Trump appointees, in part because of fear of a backlash.
“I’m sitting here going, how do I pay my rent? How do I pay my cellphone bill?” one former Commerce appointee said in an interview.
Gee, if I were them, I might be pissed at Emily Murphy, the former guy’s GSA appointee who single-handedly derailed an orderly and peaceful transition. Or how about the former guy—who waited until the last minute to order political appointees to resign, months after that normally would have happened. Maybe if they had all submitted their resignations on November 15th, the unemployment and COBRA paperwork could have been processed by the time they left on January 19th or 20th.
But the sweetest irony is saved for last:
One said the delay was “leaving a lot of people asking: Am I going to lose health care for the time that the processing center would take to get our information into the system?”
“A lot of people are freaking out,” another said.
Poor babies. You reap what you sow.