President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday ordering massive cuts to the U.S. federal workforce, with a “team lead” from the Department of Government Efficiency assigned to each federal agency to oversee firings and new hires. Trump’s order gives even more power to Elon Musk and his DOGE operation, in what Democrats and legal scholars have condemned as an unconstitutional power grab by the world’s richest man. On Tuesday, Democratic lawmakers joined federal workers for a protest on Capitol Hill demanding congressional action. This is Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees.

Everett Kelley: “We are here today to send a message, a loud and clear message, to our senators and our representatives here on Capitol Hill. And the message is this: Save the civil service and save the country.”