Fairfax County’s top elected officials at the state and local level united this morning (Wednesday) to urge Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration to provide more support for fired federal workers.
In a joint statement, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Jeff McKay and Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell (D-34), who represents southeastern Fairfax, pinned the “staggering rise in unemployment” across the county on “the reckless policies of Donald Trump” and the “complicity” of Virginia’s Republican leaders.
“As we face some of the highest unemployment rates in nearly four years, it is evident that the leadership of Trump, Youngkin, Earle-Sears, and Miyares is out of touch with the realities facing working families,” McKay and Surovell said. “Their misguided approach to governance has resulted in real suffering for our residents, and it is unacceptable.”…