The more that Donald Trump acts illegally, the more that he shuts off money only for

democratic states, the more that he threatens to illegally fire federal workers, the

stiffer our spine should become.

Yes, he's trying to bully Democrats into signing off on a budget that's going to be terrible for the American people

that is going to bankrupt American families. We should not let his illegal firings, his illegal

withholding of funds, bully us into submission. We should stand for something. We end up signing

off and voting for a budget that literally funds the destruction of our democracy,

that funds the censorship state that is growing in this country, we will live to regret it.

Wow. Hi again, everybody. It's now 5 o'clock in New York, Democrats standing firm as Republicans refuse to negotiate the funding of the U.S. government, leaving us right now into a second day of a government shutdown, which impacts, frankly, all of us, but directly hundreds of thousands of federal workers. As you heard there from Senator Chris Murphy, Donald Trump and Republicans are not just

putting the government on pause and refusing to fund it. They're attempting to undermine our very

democracy by using the shutdown as a means to, as Chris Murphy said, illegally enact revenge and

retribution. Yesterday, we saw Trump's Office of Management and Budget Director, a fellow named Russ

Boat, announced drastic cause to federal programs in certain states.

The states just happened to have voted against Donald Trump in last year's election.

But in them are all sorts of different people.

Vote declared the cancellation of $8 billion in funding for energy programs that would affect

16 states, all of which went for Kamala Harris in 2024.

He also noted that $18 billion in funding for two infrastructure projects in New York

State, home of the Democratic leaders of both chambers, will be canceled.

According to Politico, vote on a private call with House Republicans additionally confirmed

a threat Trump made about layoffs coming as a consequence of the shutdown.

He said mass firings of federal workers would happen, quote, in a day or two, end quote.

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