Sen. Jim Banks told a laid off U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) employee who approached him that they “probably deserved it” and they “seem like a clown.”

Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Wednesday said he “won’t apologize” for telling a fired Health and Human Services (HHS) employee that he “probably deserved it,” after video footage of the exchange was

U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, an Indiana Republican, dismisses former Health and Human Services employee Mack Schroeder's concerns about people not getting social service programs.

In the video, Sen. Jim Banks is confronted by a man who said he was fired from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) changed his profile picture on X as part of an ongoing troll campaign against fired federal workers. The incident began on Tuesday when footage was shared online showing an individual, identified as Mack Schroeder, confronting Banks over his illegal firing from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

The labeling of employees from federal positions as 'woke workers' reflects a broader narrative against perceived government excess.

Federal health employees stood outside in line for hours Tuesday at the Department of Health and Human Service’s Public Health Division office in Rockville, Maryland, where people waited to scan their badge and learn if they still had a job.

GOP Sen. Jim Banks of Indiana says he won't apologize over his comments calling a fired federal worker "a clown" who "probably deserved" to lose his job.