{"id":1003528,"date":"2019-01-28T17:43:22","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T21:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003528"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:10:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:10:30","slug":"reality-check-trump-admin-once-again-writes-off-workers-hurt-by-the-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reality-check-trump-admin-once-again-writes-off-workers-hurt-by-the-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"REALITY CHECK: Trump Admin Once Again Writes Off Workers Hurt By The Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the press briefing today, Trump\u2019s top economic advisor once again wrote off the concerns of workers hurt by the Trump Shutdown, lied about the significant damage it did to the economy, and suggested that Trump could shut down the government again.<\/p>\n

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Larry Kudlow <\/a>said \u201cI honestly don\u2019t know\u201d if the White House supports back pay for contractors.<\/p>\n

REALITY: Federal contractors across the country have been devastated by the effects of the Trump Shutdown.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe estimate of what I\u2019ve lost financially due to the shutdown is upwards of $3,500. The anxiety, sleeplessness and depression make it feel like much more.\u201d – Federal contractor <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhile I love being a contractor, I hate the uncertainty that\u2019s come with it. This happened to us last year on a smaller scale, but this year\u2019s shutdown has me concerned for my future and welfare.\u201d – Federal contractor<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were scraping pennies and nickels together one day to get the baby a Happy Meal. It\u2019s just that bad.\u201d – Federal contractor<\/a><\/p>\n

Larry Kudlow<\/a>: \u201cThe switch goes back on. No permanent damage to the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

REALITY: Federal workers are struggling from the lasting impacts of the shutdown \u2013 which permanently cost the economy $3 billion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Federal worker<\/a> who had to pay a 10% penalty to tap into his retirement funds during the shutdown: \u201cIt pretty much just pushes my family back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a little nervous after missing 30 plus days… It\u2019s been almost a month since we\u2019ve gotten paid.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cMorale is slowly decreasing every day. It\u2019s really hard for controllers to maintain 100 percent awareness when they\u2019re thinking about mortgage payments and child care payments.\u201d – Federal worker <\/a><\/p>\n

Larry Kudlow on Trump shutting down the government again in three weeks: \u201cWe’ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

REALITY: Workers still reeling from the 35-day Trump Shutdown are stressed about Trump shutting the government down again.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey\u2019re throwing us a rope. They\u2019ll throw us that rope, we\u2019ll catch it, and in a few weeks, they\u2019re just going to pull it from us again.\u201d – Federal worker<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cThat just means that we\u2019ll be fighting again in three weeks for the same thing.\u201d – Federal worker<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt feels like we are still hostages. I\u2019m just so happy to be going back to work and to be able to get on with our lives because I need our health insurance to fill these prescriptions. But who knows if this will all happen again in three weeks.\u201d – Federal contractor<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the press briefing today, Trump\u2019s top economic advisor once again wrote off the concerns of workers hurt by the Trump Shutdown, lied about the significant damage it did to the economy, and suggested that Trump could shut down the government again.   Larry Kudlow said \u201cI honestly don\u2019t know\u201d if the White House supports […]<\/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-1003528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nREALITY CHECK: Trump Admin Once Again Writes Off Workers Hurt By The Shutdown - 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\/reality-check-trump-admin-once-again-writes-off-workers-hurt-by-the-shutdown\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-01-28T21:43:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:10:30+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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reality-check-trump-admin-once-again-writes-off-workers-hurt-by-the-shutdown\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reality-check-trump-admin-once-again-writes-off-workers-hurt-by-the-shutdown\/\",\"name\":\"REALITY CHECK: Trump Admin Once Again Writes Off Workers Hurt By The Shutdown - 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