And President Trump himself posted a video of Russ Vote being depicted as the Grim Reaper. Do you have a response to the cuts that might be impending given the ongoing shutdown? Well, Donald Trump and Republicans have shut the government down as part of their ongoing effort to inflict pain and suffering on the American people. This is day three of the Trump shutdown, but it's day 257 of the chaos that Donald Trump and his administration and Republicans have been inflicting on the American people, including mass firings, that they've already done outside of a government shutdown. (26:02–26:12)
CLAIM
Asserts that the government shutdown is a deliberate act by Trump and Republicans to harm the public.
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