Well, look, the president has cut federal jobs with the Doge cuts. They have cut jobs at the State Department. They have cut jobs at the irs. So they will continue. And The president has said that he wants to take advantage of this shutdown to let go even more people. So here is a fight that they are trying to get rid of the essential services. They're getting rid of federal employees at the same time making health care not accessible to the American people. (03:28–03:35)
CLAIM
Asserts that the president intends to use the shutdown to lay off more federal employees.
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