Make no mistake about it. This is real pain being inflicted upon real people. Today, 400,000 federal workers will receive partial paychecks. The speaker called attention to this last week. This will be the last paycheck that these federal workers receive until Democrats grow a spine and reopen the federal government. Meanwhile, you have Chuck Schumer in the Senate who said in a recent interview, quote, every day gets better for us, end quote. His statement is as callous as it is tone deaf. (12:53–13:01)
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Asserts that federal workers will not receive further paychecks until the Democratic Party ends the shutdown.
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