Leader Schumer Statement On The Trump Administration’s Unnecessary, Large Scale Firings Of Federal Workers, Inflicting Pain On Americans Rather Than Negotiating With Democrats

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today released the following statement after the Trump administration’s announcement that they are choosing to fire thousands of federal workers, callously using hard-working Americans as political pawns instead of negotiating a bipartisan solution to fund the government:

"Russell Vought just fired thousands of Americans with a tweet.

“Let's be blunt: nobody's forcing Trump and Vought to do this. They don’t have to do it; they want to. They're callously choosing to hurt people—the workers who protect our country, inspect our food, respond when disasters strike. This is deliberate chaos.

“Here's what's worse: Republicans would rather see thousands of Americans lose their jobs than sit down and negotiate with Democrats to reopen the government.

“The way forward is simple: stop the attacks, come to the table, negotiate, and reopen the government. Until Republicans get serious, they own this—every job lost, every family hurt, every service gutted is because of their decisions.”

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