Rich Trumka Jr, Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Committee.
"Sir, see you in court," Durumka wrote in a May 9 social media post, which included a statement using the official letter from the CPSC, describing his dismissal.
CPSC is an independent agency that adjusts the safety of consumer products from toys to appliances. This is a group that often deals with recalls such as projects The kitchen area can be set on fire and steam cleaner Burned the user.
Duluka said in a statement that he had no reason to fire him, but he and two other commissioners opposed allowing Elon Musk’s membership of the government’s efficiency division (or Dock) to work at the agency. Trumka, who was appointed for seven years by President Biden in 2021, said he opposed morality because “if these people were allowed to manage our agency, they would be doing attitudes and the result would be a time to make the product safe.”
He added: “The lifesaving work of CPSC is too important to lie down.”
Two other commissioners from the five-person Consumer Product Safety Commission were fired Thursday, the Washington Post reported. The publication says all three are Democrats.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but, at a press conference on Friday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said the CPSC belongs to the executive branch, giving the president the right to fire employees there.
Consumer Reports issued a statement condemning the CPSC shooting and said the commissioner should be restored immediately.
“This is a shocking and insane attack on the independence of our product safety regulators,” William Wallace, director of security advocacy for consumer reports, said in an email. “Anyone who cares about keeping the safety of his family should object to the move and ask it to be reversed.”
Minnesota Democrats and three other Democratic Senators - Maria Cantwell of Washington, Sen. Amy Klobuchar; Ed Markey of Massachusetts; Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut also opposed the firing, calling the firing "illegal."
"The Consumer Product Safety Commission ensures that toys are safe for our children, and there are no hidden dangers for the products Americans use every day," Klobuchar said in a statement. "It has conducted thousands of investigations and critical recalls of issues. ...The move is dangerous and illegal."
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Trumka added: "If I allow my illegal shooting stand, it will weaken the agency's life-saving function for the government and its LAPDOG to benefit its wealthy donors."