Now, certainly we're going to continue to stand by our hardworking federal employees. By the way, Donald Trump and Republicans, this toxic administration, they fired more than 2,000 federal and 100,000 federal employees prior to the shutdown. that they started beginning. So of course there's reason to be deeply skeptical of the administration and their motives as it relates to the hard working federal civil servants and the federal workforce. (09:42–09:58)
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