They're not for federal workers. They're not for anyone. All the people they've said in the past that are going to be harmed would be by their votes. They're Democrats are using federal employees as props and Medicaid benefits and Social Security checks as cudgels. in this thing. The threat of government shutdown, they're using it as some sort of attempt to wrestle power away from the president of the United States, who overwhelmingly won the popular vote, the Electoral College in every single swing state. (08:03–08:08)
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Asserts that Democrats are using federal employees and benefits as tools in political strategies.
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