President Donald Trump’s offer to pay federal workers through September if they resign caught lawmakers of both parties off guard — and peeved Republicans and Democrats for very different reasons.
It all started when an email landed in federal workers’ inboxes on Tuesday presenting them with a deferred resignation offer that would let them receive pay through Sept. 30 without having to work at all, “except in rare cases.” To accept, employees need only email hr@opm.gov with the word “Resign” in the subject line.
Workers are then welcome to “take the vacation you always wanted, or just watch movies and chill, while receiving your full government pay and benefits,” per a post by the Department of Government Efficiency. Republican senators said they wouldn’t have made such a “generous” offer if they were in Trump’s position.