Jasmine Crockett: We’re Shutting Down the Government to Block Federal Layoffs

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CROCKETT: “In my opinion, if we’re shut down, you can’t be fired. And what does that mean? It does mean that people will not be paid, but it does mean that they will get their back pay. So hopefully we can stop some of the bleeding. We just saw that the Department of Education laid off 50 percent of their workforce, so I don’t really understand why anybody would say, oh, we got to take the high road, we got to — listen. He is decimating the federal government and you’re talking about whether or not we’re going to keep the doors open? He literally is shutting down departments anyway.”