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Did the president just authorize purges of federal employees who dissent? Not the America I want to live in.

Tweet from Nebraska state Sen. Adam Morfeld, a Democrat, in response to President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday in which he urged Congress to empower cabinet heads to "reward good workers and to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people."

Tweet from Nebraska state Sen. Adam Morfeld, a Democrat, in response to President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday in which he urged Congress to empower cabinet heads to "reward good workers and to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people."

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.