Trump Fires two EEOC Democratic Commissioners In Rare Move (2 )
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President Donald Trump fired two Democratic Equal Employment Opportunity Commission members in an unmatched move that damages the Democrats’ voting bulk on the board, the set verified in declarations Tuesday.

Trump’s firing of EEOC Commissioners Jocelyn Samuels and Charlotte Burrows leaves 2 seats on the five-member civil liberties panel to be filled by elections from the new administration.

The president also axed the commission’s basic counsel, Karla Gilbride, who verified her dismissal in a statement published to LinkedIn on Tuesday evening.

The shootings of Samuels and Burrows bypass historic precedent of leaving commissioners in location at the independent firm. Their ouster clears a course for the Trump administration to advance its second-term civil liberties law program, which has so far targeted diversity, equity, employment and addition programs and [employment](http://users.atw.hu/samp-info-forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=0d9f60ab044d2c2fe147827e59885fd2&action=profile