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'I WON'T APOLOGIZE': Jim Banks Won't Back Down After Calling Left-Wing Activist 'Clown' in Viral Clip [WATCH]

posted by Hannity Staff - 4.02.25

Republican Senator Jim Banks went viral on Tuesday after calling a fired HHS worker a “clown” after the far-left activist followed him around on Capitol Hill.

The person filming — Mack Schroeder — followed Banks and said he was one of over 30,000 federal employees recently laid off or fired by Elon Musk’s DOGE. He claims he was “illegally” terminated from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

“Hi, I was a worker at HHS and I was fired, uh, illegally on Feb. 14,” Schroeder says as the video begins. “Uh, there are many people who are not getting Social Service programs, uh, especially people with disabilities.”

Then, the following exchange:

Worker: “Are you gonna do anything to stop what’s happening?”
Banks: “You probably deserved it.”
Worker: “Why why did I deserve it?”
Banks: “Because you seem like a clown.”

As Banks finishes his sentence, the elevator doors close. The bystander who had commented earlier then says, “Okay sir, you shouldn’t have said that on camera.”

She gets cut off as the video ends.

Watch the exchange below:

After the clip went viral, Banks released a clip on X insisting he won’t apologize.

“I 100% support President Trump and DOGE’s mission to cut woke spending and government waste,” Banks said in the post.

Watch the clip below:

Banks also joked that he was updating his profile pic with a shot from the moment the elevator doors shut on the activist. (He actually did update the pic.)

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