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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “The Trump administration has been engaging in all of this…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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September Virtual Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 55:00

So we are being extremely, extremely sensitive to this. We are not trying to navigate this cavalierly because you are completely correct. Federal workers are at risk, have been at risk. And The Trump administration has been engaging in all of this activity when the government is open. So we want to make sure that we're approaching that as cautiously as we can. Next question. Okay, our next, Our next question comes from Gene from Soundview. (55:00–55:06)

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Asserts that the Trump administration's actions, such as layoffs, occurred while the government was operational.

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