They offered these buyouts, and they also had dramatic and illegal freezes on certain programs and distributions. Now, fast forward. What we've actually been seeing is that The Trump administration has quietly been rehiring and trying to rehire many of the people that they laid off earlier this year. So while their words are threatening to do in a shutdown, what they've already been doing when the government is open, their actions show that they know that they messed up because they are scrambling to rehire the workers that they are once again threatening. (52:30–52:46)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Trump administration is rehiring workers it previously laid off.
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