"REPORTER: How many layoffs have you authorized for this first round? DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Well, it'll be a lot (ph). REPORTER: And from which agencies? TRUMP: And it will be Democrat-oriented, because we figure, you know, they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented. It will be a lot, and we'll announce the numbers over the next couple of days, but it will be a lot of people, all because of the Democrats."
"Making good on the President's threat, the administration has started firing federal workers. Word came from the same official that the President portrayed, just last week, as the Grim Reaper. This AI video is the public image that the President amplified for his Budget Director, Russ Vought. The actual announcement came in just four words. The RIFs have begun. RIF, meaning Reduction in Force."
President Donald Trump took questions from reporters after an announcement on lowering prescription drug prices and said he authorized many Democrat-oriented layoffs tied to the government shutdown. The administration announced the start of federal workforce reductions with an official statement that "The RIFs have begun," RIF meaning Reduction in Force, and has begun firing federal workers. When asked who would be targeted, the President said the layoffs "will be a lot" and "Democrat-oriented" because Democrats "started this thing." The partisan framing of the firings raises the prospect that those statements could be cited in legal challenges.
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