He further said he doesn't see why public sector employees should be immune to what we all have to experience in the private sector. What's your response to that? Well, first of all, President Trump has been firing federal employees and withholding federal dollars and pulling federal grants since day one of his presidency. Tens of thousands of federal employees have lost their jobs because we've been under a continuing resolution. And so this is a scare tactic on Trump's part, but he's been doing it since day one of his second presidency. (06:57–07:07)
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Asserts that President Trump has been dismissing federal employees and withholding funds since his presidency began.
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