I talked with Russ Vogt, who's the head of the Office of Management and Budget, and he's in charge of the layoffs. And they've already started. They've laid off thousands of federal government workers. And The Trump White House has said the longer the shutdown continues, the more government workers will be laid off. Not furloughed temporarily, but laid off. And they're gonna focus on policies and priorities that are inconsistent with the president's agenda, that are Democrat priorities. (11:29–11:34)
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Asserts that the Trump administration plans to lay off more government workers if the shutdown continues.
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