Republican lawmakers across the country are facing growing backlash from their constituents as the impacts of moves by the Trump administration and DOGE hit home. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove, D-Calif.,

But the rashness in firing is backfiring. Measure twice and cut once is not their philosophy.” In particular, GOP elected officials are sounding the alarm over probationary employees—those with less than a year on the job—who have been fired in droves by Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.