(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National President Everett Kelley has issued the following statement in response to the Presidential Election results: 

The election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States is not the result our Union was hoping for.

Nevertheless, Federal Employees are sworn to uphold the law - and the Constitution and they will continue to do their jobs regardless of who sits in the White House. 

As the Union representing more than 800,000 Federal and D.C. Government Workers, we will continue to represent our Members and advocate for the programs and services that Government Employees deliver for the American people. 

But make no mistake: Our Union will not stand by and let any political leader - regardless of their political affiliation - run roughshod over the Constitution and our laws.

During President Trump’s first term, his Administration attempted to gut many of our negotiated Union contracts, downsize and relocate Federal Agencies at great disruption and cost to taxpayers, and replace tens of thousands of Non-Partisan Civil Servants with political appointees who would blindly do his bidding. 

Federal and D.C. Government Employees should be able to do their jobs without political interference, without violating their Constitutional oath, and without breaking the law - and as their elected representative, we will do everything in our power to make sure that’s possible. 

The AFGE is the largest Federal Employee Union, representing 800,000 Workers in the Federal Government and the government of the District of Columbia.

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