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Tim Kaine: “When Donald Trump forced a shutdown of the government in…”

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Sen. Tim Kaine says he's "really worried" about possible mass layoffs as government shutdown looms

Published September 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:41

We are really worried about it, Margaret. When Ted Cruz forced a shutdown of the government in October 2013, it hurt Virginia pretty bad. And When Donald Trump forced a shutdown of the government in late 2018, early 2019, it hurt Virginia pretty bad. And this one would be the same. The only thing about the president's threat to fire more people is he's already doing it. And instead of threatening, he should just be meeting to negotiate. (00:41–00:49)

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Asserts that the 2018-2019 government shutdown negatively impacted Virginia.

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