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J. D. Vance: “Chuck Schumer and the Democrats decided to shut down the…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Vice President JD Vance says layoff notices are part of "chaos" of government shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 06:17

And unfortunately, what that does mean, Margaret, is that some federal bureaucrats are going to have to get laid off. This is not a situation that we're excited about. We want the government to reopen, but Chuck Schumer and the Democrats decided to shut down the government and we have to deal with the consequences in the administration. So that's what we're doing. Well, these aren't furloughs. These are notifications of being laid off, of losing their jobs. (06:17–06:23)

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Asserts that Chuck Schumer and the Democrats are responsible for the government shutdown.

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