{"id":1003413,"date":"2019-01-16T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003413"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:55","slug":"republicans-are-out-of-touch-with-furloughed-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-are-out-of-touch-with-furloughed-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Are Out Of Touch With Furloughed Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans are clueless when it comes to furloughed workers, saying that government workers don\u2019t mind being furloughed and they\u2019re basically on vacation. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of workers missed their first paycheck and do not know when their next paycheck will come.<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s top economic adviser said hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed without pay were basically getting free vacation.<\/p>\n

Kevin Hassett<\/a>: \u201cWorkers are furloughed, and right now, it\u2019s about 25 percent of government workers are furloughed, which means that they are not allowed to go to work.\u00a0 But then, when the shutdown ends, they go back to work and they get their back pay. A huge share of government workers were going to take vacation days, say, between Christmas and New Year\u2019s. And then we have a shutdown, and so they can\u2019t go to work, and so then they have the vacation, but they don\u2019t have to use their vacation days.\u00a0 And then they come back, and then they get their back pay. Then they\u2019re \u2014 in some sense, they\u2019re better off.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s former campaign adviser wrote off workers not getting paid, saying \u201cit\u2019s for time they\u2019re not even going to the office.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Barry Bennett<\/a>: \u201c\u2018It\u2019s inconvenient that they\u2019re not getting paid,\u2019 Barry Bennett, a former Trump campaign adviser, said of the furloughed workers. \u2018But it\u2019s for time they\u2019re not even going into the office.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Republican congressman said working without pay was \u201cpart of\u201d what federal workers signed up for.<\/p>\n

Republican Congressman Mark Meadows<\/a>: \u201c\u2018It\u2019s actually part of what you do when you sign up for any public service position,\u2019 Meadows said. \u2018And it\u2019s not lost on me in terms of, you know, the potential hardship. At the same time, they know they would be required to work and even in preparation for a potential shutdown those groups within the agencies have been instructed to show up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump has repeatedly lied saying that workers support his shutdown, which is not true.<\/p>\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cIn recent weeks Trump has repeatedly claimed that he\u2019s heard from government employees who aren\u2019t getting paid because of the partial government shutdown, but who have nonetheless urged him to keep fighting for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. The only problem: There\u2019s no evidence that they exist in the large numbers Trump is implying.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump promoted an op-ed calling for furloughed workers to \u201cnever return and not be paid.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Hill<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump on Monday shared an op-ed from a writer claiming to be an anonymous senior member of his administration who harshly criticizes federal workers as disloyal to the White House and worthy of losing their jobs\u2026 \u2018Furloughed employees should find other work, never return and not be paid,\u2019 the op-ed states.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Republican congressmen suggested workers didn\u2019t deserve to be paid if they were furloughed.<\/p>\n

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs<\/a>: \u201cThe Arizona Republican, who introduced a bill to ensure that those who have continued to work without a paycheck receive compensation, said the House-passed legislation could allow those who aren\u2019t working to be compensated for months. \u00a0\u2018Let\u2019s say this thing went on for another three, four, five, six months. You would have people that didn\u2019t work at all being paid money from the federal government,\u2019 he said.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republican Congressman Paul Gosar<\/a>: \u201cShutdowns have historically served to push both parties to compromise and resolution. This bill eliminates the impact and urgency a shutdown creates and rewards bureaucrats and swamp dwellers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republicans are clueless when it comes to furloughed workers, saying that government workers don\u2019t mind being furloughed and they\u2019re basically on vacation. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of workers missed their first paycheck and do not know when their next paycheck will come.   Trump\u2019s top economic adviser said hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed without […]<\/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-1003413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRepublicans Are Out Of Touch With Furloughed Workers - 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\/republicans-are-out-of-touch-with-furloughed-workers\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-01-16T14:26:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:55+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=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-are-out-of-touch-with-furloughed-workers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-are-out-of-touch-with-furloughed-workers\/\",\"name\":\"Republicans Are Out Of Touch With Furloughed Workers - 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