Hakeem Jeffries: “He's already threatened not to pay furloughed workers, even…”

“… President Trump wide discretion to decide who gets paid, who doesn't get paid, what happens in terms of furloughed workers who apparently will not be addressed in this legislation. And He's already threatened not to pay furloughed workers, even though that's contrary to federal law that he himself signed in 2019. This has been a lawless administration from day one of this presidency. And allowing them to have further discretion as to how they may proceed, particularly when they have targeted …” (06:33–06:43)

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