{"id":1003123,"date":"2018-12-12T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003123"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:18","slug":"trump-would-be-proud-to-shutdown-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-would-be-proud-to-shutdown-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Would Be \u2018Proud To Shutdown The Government\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump is responsible for a government shutdown. Trump said yesterday he would be \u201cproud to shut down the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Trump Shutdown could hurt the economy, and would force hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work without pay or be furloughed right before the holidays.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Here\u2019s some of what Trump would be \u201cproud\u201d of:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545421779026000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5APG9k4tr_O9OLVNQEwWvUjOWXQ\">400,000<\/a> federal employees would work without pay.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545421779026000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5APG9k4tr_O9OLVNQEwWvUjOWXQ\">350,000 <\/a>federal employees would be furloughed.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At the Department of Housing and Human Development,an estimated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545421779026000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5APG9k4tr_O9OLVNQEwWvUjOWXQ\">87 percent<\/a> of the agency\u2019s 7,800 employees would be sent home.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-seek-to-minimize-impact-of-looming-government-shutdown-1543605609?mod=e2twp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-seek-to-minimize-impact-of-looming-government-shutdown-1543605609?mod%3De2twp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545421779026000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGjwddKFYbW3n4Ep_Iam3yvPdDvag\">Tens of thousands<\/a> of border patrol officers, Secret Service agents and airport-security officers would work without pay.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Employees at the Treasury Department and the Environmental Protection Agency would be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545421779026000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5APG9k4tr_O9OLVNQEwWvUjOWXQ\">furloughed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Analysis of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-seek-to-minimize-impact-of-looming-government-shutdown-1543605609?mod=e2twp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-seek-to-minimize-impact-of-looming-government-shutdown-1543605609?mod%3De2twp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545421779026000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGjwddKFYbW3n4Ep_Iam3yvPdDvag\">threats from terrorism and storms<\/a> could cease.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Distribution of money designated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-seek-to-minimize-impact-of-looming-government-shutdown-1543605609?mod=e2twp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/lawmakers-seek-to-minimize-impact-of-looming-government-shutdown-1543605609?mod%3De2twp&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545421779026000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGjwddKFYbW3n4Ep_Iam3yvPdDvag\">rebuilding after natural disasters<\/a> would be stalled.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Routine safety <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-12-11\/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1545421779026000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5APG9k4tr_O9OLVNQEwWvUjOWXQ\">inspections of food and pharmaceutical plants<\/a> would stop.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump is responsible for a government shutdown. Trump said yesterday he would be \u201cproud to shut down the government.\u201d The Trump Shutdown could hurt the economy, and would force hundreds of thousands of federal employees to work without pay or be furloughed right before the holidays. Here\u2019s some of what Trump would be \u201cproud\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump Would Be \u2018Proud To Shutdown The Government\u2019 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-would-be-proud-to-shutdown-the-government\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-12T14:47:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-would-be-proud-to-shutdown-the-government\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-would-be-proud-to-shutdown-the-government\/\",\"name\":\"Trump Would Be \u2018Proud To Shutdown The Government\u2019 - 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