'Buckle up and get ready': Ex-GOP lawmaker says mass layoffs put GOP in 'very defensive position'

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'Buckle up and get ready': Ex-GOP lawmaker says mass layoffs put GOP in 'very defensive position'

With the Trump Administration and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) targeting a wide range of federal government agencies for mass layoffs, Democrats are sounding the alarm and warning that vital functions like air safety and disaster preparedness are in danger. But this warning isn't coming from Democrats exclusively. Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pennsylvania) is attacking the layoffs as "haphazard" and reckless. And d…