They literally, by going to a shutdown, they succeed their authority to the President, who the president now gets to deem these agencies, if they're open, if they're closed, if the employees are essential or non essential. And keep in mind, In 2017, when we went into a shutdown and in 2018, because Chuck Schumer led us to a shutdown, then too, President Trump said, if you're not an essential employee for the federal government, you're fired. Now he gets to go in and choose who's essential, who's not essential. And the Democrats are the one that hold the cards on this one because they're the ones that gave their authority away to the President of the United States. (02:42–02:54)
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Asserts that during past shutdowns led by Chuck Schumer, President Trump declared non-essential federal employees would be fired.
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