René Marsh on Imminent Mass Firings: Trump Says These Are Democrat Agencies

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MARSH: "No, I think. That still remains. Unclear at. This point. We know that this morning, the president. Said that he was. Meeting with omb. Director Russ Vought and that they would. Be hammering. Out these sort of details on. Which so-called. He calls it. These are his words. Democratic agencies, where they would. Be cutting workers, where. They‘d be cutting programs and. Discussing whether they. Would be permanent. Cuts or temporary cuts. But we should point out that before the shutdown officially went into effect, vote had already. Gotten the wheels turning. In. This direction. In a memo to agency heads, he told them to consider mass. Layoffs for. Employees working on programs and. Projects whose funding. Will lapse. And there is no. Other source of funding available. And it‘s also not aligned. With the president‘s agenda. So those were the three criteria for people working in programs that they say they would cut right now. Again, not clear which agencies. Will see these. Mass layoffs. We know that. the White House said today that the number. Would be in the thousands. But what is also happening here simultaneously are cuts to programs. That the Trump Administration. Frankly, does not like. Vought announced on social media. Yesterday nearly $8 billion in funding for what he‘s calling the green new scam, which was essentially funding for clean energy projects in projects in democratic led states. They had been canceled. What is worth noting here, Erica, is what‘s different with this shutdown in shutdown compared to shutdowns in the past? We‘re seeing the president out front and in center, not necessarily negotiating an end to the shutdown, but instead saying he‘d use it as a, quote, unprecedented opportunity to really make things painful for the Democrats and ultimately continue to hollow out the federal workforce, as he had been doing. And eliminate programs that he doesn‘t like. And that is very different from what we have seen with past shutdowns. Erica."