Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress.
“The longer this goes on, the deeper the cuts are going to be,” Vance said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” “To be clear, some of these cuts are going to be painful.
Progressive activists, meanwhile, expressed new support for the Democratic Party’s position in the shutdown fight.
“Trump and GOP are rightfully taking the blame for the shutdown and for looming premium increases,” Levin said.
“You hear a lot of Senate Democrats say, well, how can Donald Trump possibly lay off all of these federal workers?” Vance said.
In addition to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands of people who are already on unpaid furlough due to the impasse in Congress, Vice President JD Vance stated on Sunday that the longer the government shutdown lasts, the more cuts will be made to the federal workforce.
Even as the federal shutdown entered its 12th day, Vance said the Trump administration was working to ensure that the military was paid this week and that certain services, such as food assistance, would remain available to low-income Americans. However, he warned that the new cuts would be “painful.”.
However, the shutdown has resulted in hundreds of thousands of government employees being placed on furlough, and the Office of Management and Budget announced in a court filing on Friday that well over 4,000 federal employees would soon be let go. The Smithsonian announced on Sunday that its museums, research facilities, and National Zoo will be temporarily closed going forward due to a lack of funding, further compounding the shutdown’s effects.
Vance stated during Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that the cuts would become more profound the longer this continues. To put it plainly, some of these cuts will hurt. We don’t like the way things are. We don’t look forward to this, but the Democrats have dealt us a very challenging hand. “”.
In an effort to halt President Donald Trump’s budget office’s aggressive action, which goes well beyond what typically occurs during a government shutdown and exacerbates tensions between the Democratic minority and the Republicans who control Congress, labor unions have already filed a lawsuit.
The shutdown started in October. 1 following Democrats’ rejection of a temporary funding solution and their insistence that the bill preserve federal subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Millions of people will see increases in their monthly expenses when those subsidies expire at the end of the year.
Although Trump and Republican leaders have stated that they are amenable to discussions regarding health subsidies, they maintain that the government must reopen first.
There are hardly any negotiations going on right now. During their rival Sunday appearances on “Fox News Sunday,” House leaders from both parties dug in as usual, accusing one another. “.”.
“We have stated time and time again that we are willing to meet with anyone, anywhere, at any time,” stated New York House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The House, the Senate, and the presidency are all under Republican control. Unfortunately, they have adopted a “my way or the highway” stance. “.”.
House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats of being indifferent to the suffering caused by the shutdown.
In order to demonstrate to their Marxist growing base in the Democratic Party that they are prepared to take on Trump and Republicans, he claimed that they are doing everything in their power to divert the American people from the obvious fact that they have chosen a partisan battle.
Meanwhile, progressive activists voiced fresh backing for the Democratic Party’s stance in the shutdown dispute.
Co-founder of Indivisible, a prominent progressive protest organization, Ezra Levin, expressed his satisfaction with the Democratic Party’s strong stance. Pointing to divisions within the GOP, he mentioned that Georgia Rep. Last week, Marjorie Taylor Greene made a public warning that, if nothing is done, the cost of health insurance for regular Americans, including her own adult children, would skyrocket.
Levin stated, “Trump and the GOP are rightfully taking the blame for the shutdown and for impending premium increases.”. Their hens are coming home to lay their eggs. “.”.
However, there is no indication that the Republican administration and its congressional allies will yield to Democratic pressure or back down from threats to take advantage of the situation to further reduce the federal workforce.
Federal workers’ union representatives and agency spokespeople have announced that thousands of workers at the departments of Education, Treasury, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency, will be receiving notices of layoffs.
Vance remarked, “You hear a lot of Senate Democrats say, well, how can Donald Trump possibly lay off all of these federal workers?”. “Well, the Democrats have presented us with a choice between financing federal bureaucrats on the one hand and providing food assistance to low-income women and our troops on the other. “.”.
The firings are illegal and unnecessary, according to Democrats.
Democratic Senator said, “They don’t have to do this.”. Arizona’s Mark Kelly on CNN’s “State of the Union.”. It is not necessary for them to punish those who shouldn’t be in this situation. “”.
