{"id":1003328,"date":"2019-01-10T10:40:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T14:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003328"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:11:08","slug":"day-20-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-veterans-anyone-who-eats-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-20-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-veterans-anyone-who-eats-food\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY 20: Trump Shutdown Hurts Our Veterans, Anyone Who Eats Food"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Trump Shutdown enters its 20th day, the impacts just keep getting worse. The shutdown doesn\u2019t just hurt hundreds of thousands of federal workers. In fact, anyone who eats food is now at risk. Here\u2019s the latest:<\/p>\n

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The Trump Shutdown disproportionately hurts our nation\u2019s veterans.<\/p>\n

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ABC News<\/a>: \u201cAs the partial government shutdown continues for a third week, veterans groups are sounding the alarm because of what they say is the disproportionate impact on America’s veterans and a growing fear that financial uncertainty could lead to self-harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

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ABC News<\/a>: \u201cAn estimated one-third of the federal workforce is made up of veterans, according to the Office of Personnel Management, meaning that more than 250,000 veterans are not currently receiving paychecks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anyone who eats food could be hurt by the Trump Shutdown.<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cThe furloughing of hundreds of Food and Drug Administration inspectors has sharply reduced inspections of the nation\u2019s food supply \u2014 one of many repercussions of the partial government shutdown that make Americans potentially less safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Trump Shutdown could create economic catastrophe.<\/p>\n

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NBC News<\/a>: \u201cThe country would face an economic hellscape if the government shutdown last \u2018months or even years,\u2019 as the president has suggested it might, experts tell NBC News.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Trump Shutdown actually costs the government more money.<\/p>\n

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New York Times<\/a>: \u201cA Shut Down Government Actually Costs More Than an Open One\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Trump Shutdown hurts wildfire management and prevention.<\/p>\n

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McClatchy<\/a>: \u201cTraining has been halted for thousands of western firefighters. The U.S. Forest Service can\u2019t let contracts for needed equipment. In forests across the West, no federal employees are doing work to reduce dry \u2018fuel\u2019 that feeds catastrophic blazes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the Trump Shutdown enters its 20th day, the impacts just keep getting worse. The shutdown doesn\u2019t just hurt hundreds of thousands of federal workers. In fact, anyone who eats food is now at risk. Here\u2019s the latest:   The Trump Shutdown disproportionately hurts our nation\u2019s veterans.   ABC News: \u201cAs the partial government shutdown […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDAY 20: Trump Shutdown Hurts Our Veterans, Anyone Who Eats Food - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-20-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-veterans-anyone-who-eats-food\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-10T14:40:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:11:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-20-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-veterans-anyone-who-eats-food\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/day-20-trump-shutdown-hurts-our-veterans-anyone-who-eats-food\/\",\"name\":\"DAY 20: Trump Shutdown Hurts Our Veterans, Anyone Who Eats Food - 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