The Georgia Republican congressman who last week faced angry voters infuriated by President Donald Trump’s push to fire thousands of federal employees and slash scores of programs said Monday the White House needs to slow the pace of sweeping changes.
U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Suwanee, urged the Trump administration and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency to take more caution with far-reaching orders, days after attendees of his Roswell town hall peppered him with boos and jeers.
“I think we’re just moving a little too fast,” McCormick told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast. “We should have impact studies on each department as we do it, and I’m sure we can do that. We’re moving really, really rapidly, and we don’t know the impact.”
McCormick’s remarks make him one of the few prominent Georgia Republicans who have called on Trump and his allies to slow their push to fire federal employees en masse and cut government spending.
“I’d rather see us take a deep breath, move a little bit slower and a little bit more deliberately. That’s kind of, generally, the feeling for a lot of people,” he said. “I want to make sure we’re doing the right thing.”