Thread: Federal Union Chief Slams Trump’s Comments About Democratic Workers As ‘Preposterous’

Federal Union Chief Slams Trump’s Comments About Democratic Workers As ‘Preposterous’

Trump insisted more Democrats are not getting paid; Randy Erwin said the president’s reality twist would be “comical” but “wasn’t really funny at all.”

By Mary Papenfuss
POLITICS 12/27/2018 07:05 pm ET

The president of the National Federation of Federal Employees, Randy Erwin, on Thursday bashed President Donald Trump for his lack of knowledge about hundreds of thousands of federal workers struggling with the partial government shutdown, calling Trump’s recent comments “preposterous.”

Erwin, whose union represents 110,000 federal workers, particularly took issue with Trump’s tweet on Thursday saying that more Democrats than Republicans were not getting paid during the shutdown.

Funding for nine federal departments and several agencies with hundreds of thousands of workers expired at midnight Friday, and those employees will not be paid until more funding is allocated.

“It’s ridiculous,” Erwin said in an interview on CNN. “It’d be funny if it wasn’t really funny at all. We know the political makeup of federal employees. They are split evenly down political lines ... equal Republicans and Democrats and a significant number of independents as well.”

He added that “any notion that you can slice and dice and furlough the Democrats and not the Republicans is just preposterous and comical. It just shows that he doesn’t understand the federal workforce very well or he wouldn’t say things like that.”

Erwin said 85 percent of federal employees work outside the Washington area, across the nation “in every community.”

He also noted that close to a third of federal workers are military veterans and that the federal government is the largest employer of veterans.

“So he’s out there saying he’s proud to shut the government down. These are the people he’s hurting. It’s just unbelievable the things that he’s saying right now,” said Erwin. “These workers are really hurt. Their pay has been shut off, and they don’t know how long it’s going to last.”

It’s unclear when the shutdown will end. Trump has vowed not to sign any temporary spending measure that doesn’t include billions of dollars for his border wall.

Check out Erwin’s interview in the clip above.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b05c88b6febaf1

Yeah, I know what Trump was referring to, he was referring to the SWAMP in DC, which is most definitely mostly Democrats. Nationwide, I'm sure it's pretty consistent with the demographics of the country, which means they are NOT split right down the middle like Erwin says, there are more Democrats who work for the federal government than Republicans, simply because there are more Democrats in the US than Republicans.

But this is just another example of why you can't win on a government shutdown you're going to lose on anyway. Like I said, it's a loser from A to Z because a) you can't negotiate b) you have no leverage c) you don't have the votes d) can't get the votes e) trying to exploit federal workers to change that is stupid because there is no intelligent means by which you can even discuss it f) leaving the other side to play frolicking joyful kickball with your Presidency.

Like I said, it's not a fight, it's suicide.

Originally Posted by Judy

Like I said, it's not a fight, it's suicide.

Not having the fight would have been suicide for Trump's chances in 2020! With the exception of you, his supporters would not have been happy about another surrender to the Democrats! This especially holds true since he promised he would not sign another DHS funding bill without funding for his wall!

You better check the statement he actually made. He never said he would never sign another funding bill without funding for the wall. He said he would never sign another bill like last years Omnibus Bill, that had things that shouldn't be there and things that weren't there that should be. He never made mention of the wall, because it had $1.6 billion in it for the wall. He's gotten funding 3 times for the wall. Small amounts of $1.6 each time, but still funding for the wall. See, you are so filled with hate and jealousy towards this President that you believe every lie they print and broadcast.

SICK!!!