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"Trump did not provide details on what qualified the affected workers as "Democrat-oriented."..." [View all]
More than 4,000 federal employees received layoff notices Friday as part of the Trump administration’s broad effort to reshape the government while it remains shutdown, according to a court filing Friday.
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Trump said late Friday afternoon that he plans to fire “a lot” of federal workers in retaliation for the government shutdown, vowing to target those deemed to be aligned with the Democratic Party.
“We figure they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented,” Trump said, placing blame for the shutdown on Democratic lawmakers.
Trump did not provide details on what qualified the affected workers as “Democrat-oriented.”
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/politics/government-shutdown-federal-worker-firings
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