Veterans say they feel betrayed after firing from federal jobs, including some who voted for Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : “I feel like my life and the lives of so many like me, so many that have sacrificed so much for this country, are being destroyed.”
44% : Nearly 6 in 10 voters who are veterans backed Trump, while about 4 in 10 voted for Harris.
41% : Veterans were much likelier to support Trump than Harris in November’s presidential election, according to AP VoteCast, a survey of the American electorate conducted in all 50 states.
38% : He voted for Trump and said he supports reducing the size of the federal government but not this way.
31% : Cynthia Williams, an Army veteran who lost her job as a dispatcher at a VA in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said she didn’t vote for either candidate but suspects fellow veterans who backed Trump might have changed their minds had they known this was coming.
27% : Trump takes a victory lap in fiery address to Congress The mass firing of federal employees since Trump took office in January is pushing out veterans who make up 30% of the nation’s federal workforce.
27% : Stancil said he believes Trump owes fired veterans an apology.
17% : Nathan Hooven is a disabled Air Force veteran who voted for Donald Trump in November.

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