Democrats keep digging the hole deeper when it comes to the Schumer Shutdown.
They're the ones keeping the government closed so Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) can prove he's tough to the leftist base to stave off any challenge to his seat by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
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But in the process, they've also given the Trump administration more power to make cuts, and now, after ten days, it's on.
“The RIFs have begun,” White House Budget Director Russell Vought posted on social media Friday, referring to reductions in force, the federal government’s term for layoffs.
Thousands of people will be laid off as a result of the shutdown, according to a senior White House official. The scope of the cuts was not immediately clear.
Department of Health and Human Services employees were among those affected, according to HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon.
Bottom line? It's all on the Democrats. They can't say it isn't — they're the ones holding up the government.
Trump is forcing their hand if they try to prolong this. And those who have long been pushing for reducing the government are all in favor of this today.
Here's the wife of Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL):
Some of the agencies being hit are dishing about what's happening.
A spokesman for the Health and Human Services Department, in a statement to CNBC, said, “HHS employees across multiple divisions have received reduction-in-force notices as a direct consequence of the Democrat-led government shutdown.”
“HHS under the Biden administration became a bloated bureaucracy, growing its budget by 38% and its workforce by 17%,” department spokesman Andrew Nixon said.
“All HHS employees receiving reduction-in-force notices were designated non-essential by their respective divisions. HHS continues to close wasteful and duplicative entities, including those that are at odds with the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again agenda,” Nixon said.
A number of Treasury Department employees also have received RIF notices.
Vought's announcement has now put the Democrats in a box. Either they stop the foolishness, or more government jobs get the axe. Looks like the Democrats have miscalculated, just a bit. And of course, a legal action is already underway from AFGE, the largest federal employee union.
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But now the pressure is on for Schumer. He has to decide if he still thinks every day is getting better for them, as he claimed, if he keeps his shutdown going.
Editor’s Note: The Schumer Shutdown is here. Rather than put the American people first, Chuck Schumer and the radical Democrats forced a government shutdown for healthcare for illegals. They own this.
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