Winsome Earle-Sears: “We need to get rid of the government shutdown.”

“Speaking of the economy, President Trump recently announced thousands of new federal layoffs, many of which are certain to impact Virginia families. Do you support the cuts? Here's what I support. We need to get rid of the government shutdown. If we had had just, what, seven senators who are Democrats who came forward and said we're going to keep federal workers working, then none of this would be happening.” (04:50–04:54)

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