"Furloughed federal employees at some agencies have been instructed to set out-of-office messages explaining that they are not working because Democrats caused a shutdown. Government agency websites also have displayed messages informing site visitors the websites are temporarily on hold due to the Democrat-led shutdown. Other agency websites have used more combative language. The radical left has chosen to shut down the United States government in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism, the treasury department's website reads."
"This message is uniform and provided to us by the Department. We all enabled the auto-reply before logging off for the shutdown, a DoE employee said, requesting anonymity for fear of retaliation. However, the Department has gone in without our knowledge or approval and changed the message. NBC News previously reported on the changes to the DoE employees' automated email messages."
Multiple federal agencies and employees have attributed the government shutdown to Democrats in automated out-of-office replies and on agency websites. Some websites displayed neutral notices that services were on hold due to a Democrat-led shutdown, while others used combative language blaming the "radical left". Department of Education sources say officials altered employees' automated replies without employee approval. Furloughed staff were instructed to use messages that assign blame to Democrats. NBC News previously reported changes to DoE automated email messages. The shutdown followed lawmakers failing to reach an agreement before the deadline, resulting in widespread furloughs.
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