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Rachel Leingang in St Paul, Minnesota

Democrats’ US tour gathers support in fight against Trump: ‘Get angry, man’

four people sit on stage and listen to an audience member
Democratic attorneys general Keith Ellison, Dan Rayfield, Raúl Torrez and Kris Mayes listen to speakers during a town hall on the impact of federal firings and Doge funding freezes across the US in Phoenix, Arizona, on 5 March. Photograph: Michael Chow/The Republic/USA TODAY NETWORK/Imagn Images

A Minnesota veteran who found work at the Veterans Benefits Administration after suffering two traumatic brain injuries on overseas deployments stood in front of hundreds of people and five Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday night and recalled the moment she learned she lost her job.

“All I was given was a Post-it note,” Joy Marver said, inspiring gasps and boos from a raucous crowd. “The Post-it note contained just the HR email address and my supervisor’s phone number. This came from an external source. Doge terminated me. No one in my chain of command knew I was being terminated. No one knew. It took two weeks to get my termination email sent to me.”

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