They want to continue to inflict pain on federal employees. They've done that from the very beginning of Donald Trump's presidency. In fact, More than 200,000 federal employees had been forced off the job prior to the government shutdown. And this is something that we've continued to see them build upon during the shutdown. Until Donald Trump gets serious about reopening the government, unfortunately, we're going to remain in this situation and everyday Americans are being hurt. (02:17–02:27)
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Asserts that over 200,000 federal employees were furloughed before the shutdown.
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