{"id":1003630,"date":"2019-02-05T22:11:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003630"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:09:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:09:52","slug":"the-real-state-of-the-union-federal-contractor-the-most-heartbreaking-day-ive-ever-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-federal-contractor-the-most-heartbreaking-day-ive-ever-had\/","title":{"rendered":"THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Federal Contractor: \u2018The Most Heartbreaking Day I\u2019ve Ever Had\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Take a break from Trump and hear from regular Americans about the real state of our Union. Watch a federal contractor talk about how he cried during the Trump Shutdown because he couldn\u2019t provide for his children.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhen it comes down to not being able to provide for your children, that day was the most heartbreaking day I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-contractors-still-struggling-with-no-promise-of-back-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-contractors-still-struggling-with-no-promise-of-back-pay\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982867522000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLwNE3PbvegXN5ZdK4wNXrGEOpAA\"> Federal contractor<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-contractors-still-struggling-with-no-promise-of-back-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/government-contractors-still-struggling-with-no-promise-of-back-pay\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1549982867522000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFLwNE3PbvegXN5ZdK4wNXrGEOpAA\">WATCH HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd a6T\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/O-qrUmAFo6W2jRKI8GF8fQ_iqdOvkvyEGlQpMi_Zj6U3pKxRtXzVd3aagkAjFLqa1bKwpJBLoVS1N_DRbAHNXuTwArrdpqIIDUZs6iVnJnhI6IoND22XuvRMxC-q3LxxI_wmjvI1\" width=\"492\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a break from Trump and hear from regular Americans about the real state of our Union. Watch a federal contractor talk about how he cried during the Trump Shutdown because he couldn\u2019t provide for his children. \u201cWhen it comes down to not being able to provide for your children, that day was the most [&hellip;]<\/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-1003630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Federal Contractor: \u2018The Most Heartbreaking Day I\u2019ve Ever Had\u2019 - 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\/the-real-state-of-the-union-federal-contractor-the-most-heartbreaking-day-ive-ever-had\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-02-06T02:11:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:09:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/O-qrUmAFo6W2jRKI8GF8fQ_iqdOvkvyEGlQpMi_Zj6U3pKxRtXzVd3aagkAjFLqa1bKwpJBLoVS1N_DRbAHNXuTwArrdpqIIDUZs6iVnJnhI6IoND22XuvRMxC-q3LxxI_wmjvI1\" \/>\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<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-federal-contractor-the-most-heartbreaking-day-ive-ever-had\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/the-real-state-of-the-union-federal-contractor-the-most-heartbreaking-day-ive-ever-had\/\",\"name\":\"THE REAL STATE OF THE UNION: Federal Contractor: \u2018The Most Heartbreaking Day I\u2019ve Ever Had\u2019 - 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