But the last few weeks, of course, rev. I've been fully immersed in pushing back against the Trump administration and the Republicans who have shut down the federal government. They're depriving hardworking federal employees of their paychecks, either forcing them to work without pay or furloughing them. And this from an administration that's been targeting federal employees, having fired about 200,000 prior to the start of the government shutdown. And that type of extremism has, of course, continued. (05:55–06:04)
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