themselves and their families. many members of the coast guard are deployed overseas for weeks at a time. they left behind families who depend upon the direct deposit twice a month. if they are not getting paid, this is the most basic failure of our political leadership, in my judgment. the basic thing we elect leaders to do is to keep the government open, keep the security apparatus open and pay workers. if we are not doing that now, they are not doing the most basic aspect of our job in washington. you mentioned the coast guard. there is a piece in the the washington post. here is a quote. while congress approved funding for the defense department, the coast guard is part of the department of homeland security whose agencies are affected by the shutdown. they are essential workers working for free. a quote says i see people panicking. how dangerous is it to our security for people who are charged with security donald
we are not paying people to keep us safe, the tsa agents who stop bombs from coming onto planes, fbi agents who track down terrorists in our country, the dea agents who stop the flow of drugs into the country and immigration officials who patrol the border. people think of federal employees in the washington area. no, they are all over the country. they are in small town, usa. it is now day 30 of the government shutdown. of the 800,000 federal employees not being paid, about a third work for the department of homeland security. the dhs oversees everything from disaster preparedness to cyber security to counter terrorism. in other words, keeping the country safe. it s important to remember the trump shutdown doesn t just affect federal employees. it is not just a matter of
you cannot see it enough. these are people. donald trump sees them as democrats who all live the washington, d.c. let s listen to more federal workers describing the impact of the shutdown on them. i posted a lot of stuff on craigslist. i planned on having a garage sale this summer, but all the stuff i would sell this summer i m going to be selling now. just to try to get some cash to keep us afloat for however long this ends. if i don t have my rent in by the first of next month i will be evicted. i can t even go to my family, mr. mcconnell. my family is with the federal government. five people in my family are furloughed. they had their pay frozen in december. last august he said the government can t afford to give them a raise.
let s say here at the outset, no one really thought it was real, but it was enough to get your attention until you looked a little closer. fake copies of the washington post were passed around outside the white house and other parts of washington. the papers were dated may 1st, 2019. among the headlines, un-presidented. trump hastily departs white house ending crisis. and celebrations break out worldwide as trump era ends and president pence begins clipped duck term. one must say that carefully. the real washington post put out a statement that said, there are fake print editions, no kidding, of the washington post being distributed around downtown washington, d.c. and we are aware of a website trying to mimic the post s . they are not post-products and we are looking into this. then the real washington post got down to business, did some great reporting on what was behind the fake papers. a group that describes itself as a trickster activist collective called the yes men s
get your attention until you looked a little closer. fake copies of the washington post were passed around outside the white house and other parts of washington. the papers were dated may 1st, 2019. among the headlines, un-presidented. trump hastily departs white house ending crisis. and celebrations break out worldwide as trump era ends and president pence begins clipped duck term. one must say that carefully. the real washington post put out a statement that said, there are fake print editions, no kidding, of the washington post being distributed around downtown washington, d.c. and we are aware of a website trying to mimic the post s . they are not post-products and we are looking into this. then the real washington post got down to business, did some great reporting on what was behind the fake papers. a group that describes itself as a trickster activist collective called the yes men said it produced the bogus newspapers and website which went offline wednesday afternoo