The government's efficiency department continues to send emails to federal employees saying “what did you do last week?” despite backlash from opponents.
The email raised several hackles after Elon Musk said workers who didn't respond to the five completed work examples would be rejected from employment. Several agencies said White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt had instructed employees to ignore the emails while more than a million workers said they had responded to the emails.
“If you have a pulse and two neurons, you can reply to the email. I don't think this is a high bar.”
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According to the New York Times, the Human Resources Administration sent an email on Friday to a federal worker entitled “What Did You Do Last Week? Part II.”
The email asked anyone who worked on a categorized or delicate activity to add the phrase “All of my activities are sensitive.”
The FBI, Pentagon and the State Department have instructed workers to ignore the initial emails sent by Doge.
Critics like California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla argued that the controversy over email revealed the “uninformed, inadequately executed and confusing” nature.
When Musk was pressed to Christopher Bedford, senior editor of Blaze News editorial politics, about the progress of the email program, he provided an explanation.
“Are there a timeline for the next move for those fired?” Bedford asked Musk. “When will Americans be able to see the results from that?”
“To be clear, I think the email was probably misinterpreted as a performance review, but it was actually a Pulse Check review,” Musk replied. “If you have a pulse and two neurons, you can reply to the email. I don't think this is a high bar.”
He added that he hopes Doge can eradicate $1 trillion worth of waste, fraud and abuse from federal spending.
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