Trump fires Democratic-appointed Consumer Product Safety commissioners

[BumRushDaShow]

Last edited Fri May 9, 2025, 07:14 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: CNN Politics

Updated 3:35 PM EDT, Fri May 9, 2025


CNN — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the agency that creates safety requirements and issues recalls for consumer products, the commissioners said in statements.

The move comes as the Trump administration is facing legal scrutiny over its efforts to permanently fire board members at independent agencies. All three fired CPSC commissioners – Richard Trumka Jr., Alexander Hoehn-Saric, and Mary Boyle – were nominated by former President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate. Trumka’s and Hoehn-Saric’s terms were due to end in 2027 while Boyle’s was due to end later this year.

Trumka said he received a visit from the Department of Government Efficiency on Thursday, alongside a request for approval to bring two DOGE members to the agency, which he didn’t allow. He got an email shortly thereafter telling him he had been fired. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position on the Consumer Product Safety Commission is terminated effective immediately. Thank you for your service,” reads the email, which CNN has obtained.

Trumka said the email didn’t explain why he was being fired. “Of course, he did not give any reason why. However, it immediately follows me doing two things that this Administration is against: (1) advancing solutions to protect the American people from harm, and (2) stopping the illegal firing of scores of public servants who do lifesaving work,” Trumka said in a statement Friday. Trumka has made it clear he plans on challenging the move in court, writing Trump “did not have the authority to fire me.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/politics/trump-fires-consumer-product-safety-commission

[SunSeeker]

1. Glad they're challenging it in court. I am so sick of this illegality.

How does Trump just fire public servants without cause like that?

[Cheezoholic]

2. IF we still have a country in '26 and '28 and IF we can get back in power never forget this shit

Hammer these motherfuckers. Fire every damn one of them. No more tip toeing around ethics BS. These fucks gotta go down period.
I am so sick of this shit and its not even Memorial day.

[Eugene]

3. Fired CPSC commissioner tells President Trump, "See you in court"

Fired CPSC commissioner tells President Trump, "See you in court" (CBS News)

Rich Trumka Jr., a commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission until he was fired by President Trump on Thursday, said in a letter that his dismissal is illegal and that he plans to fight the action.

"See you in court, Mr. President," Trumka wrote in a May 9 social media post that included a statement using the CPSC's official letterhead in which he describes his dismissal.

The CPSC is an independent agency that regulates the safety of consumer products, from toys to appliances. It's the group that often handles recalls of items such as kitchen ranges that can set fires and steam cleaners that have burned users.

In his statement, Trumka said he was given no reason for his firing, but that his dismissal came after he and two other commissioners voted against allowing members of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, to work at the agency. Trumka, who was appointed to a 7-year term by President Biden in 2021, said he pushed back against DOGE because "if these people are allowed in to govern our agency, they will gut it and the result will turn back the clock on product safety."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/consumer-product-safety-commission-fired-trumka-trump-doge-see-you-in-court/