@thekansascitystar: During an extraordinarily heated town hall on Monday, U.S. Rep. Mark Alford praised President Donald Trump and defended Elon Musk as he slashes his way through the federal workforce – including firings in the Kansas City region. At every turn, an angry crowd of dozens shouted their displeasure. Some 30,000 people work for the federal government across the Kansas City metro. Cuts have already been made in some agencies; about 100 local Internal Revenue Service workers were fired last week. “Just because you have a government job doesn’t mean it’s a lifetime appointment like a Supreme Court,” Alford, who represents a wide swath of Missouri southeast of Kansas City, said at one point during the town hall at a coffee shop in downtown Belton. Read more about the intense scenes at the link in our bio, or KansasCity.com. #Missouri #LocalNews #Belton #FederalLayoffs