{"id":2497758,"date":"2025-10-10T22:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T02:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shutdown-will-cause-democrat-oriented-federal-employee-layoffs-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T22:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T02:24:05","slug":"shutdown-will-cause-democrat-oriented-federal-employee-layoffs-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shutdown-will-cause-democrat-oriented-federal-employee-layoffs-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown will cause \u2018Democrat-oriented\u2019 federal employee layoffs: Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshutdown-will-cause-democrat-oriented-federal-employee-layoffs-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2497758&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that President Donald Trump has announced plans to lay off many federal employees whom he describes as &#8220;Democrat-oriented&#8221; in an effort to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy amid a government shutdown. The layoffs, initiated by the Office of Management and Budget, will affect over 4,000 workers across several federal agencies. Trump attributes the shutdown and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-admits-remote-learning-during-pandemic-a-mistake\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Admits Remote Learning During Pandemic &quot;A Mistake&quot;\">resulting job losses<\/a> to Democrats, accusing them of blocking a &#8220;clean&#8221; continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded. Senate majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democrats have opposed the CR because they want to include extensions of Obamacare subsidies, arguing these measures are urgently needed to prevent rising healthcare costs. Republican leaders like House Speaker Mike johnson support Trump&#8217;s stance, blaming Schumer for the shutdown and accusing him of political maneuvering to appease progressive elements in his party.Some moderate Republicans, including Senators Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins, have expressed concern about the layoffs, warning of harm to federal agency missions and families.Schumer condemns the layoffs as harmful and politically motivated, asserting Republicans prefer to see job losses rather than negotiate to reopen the government. the shutdown began on October 5 after Democrats blocked funding without provisions, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-inches-closer-to-shutdown-solution\/\" title=\"Senate Nears ... Solution\">ongoing political tension<\/a> and accusations between the parties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Shutdown will cause many &lsquo;Democrat-oriented&rsquo; federal workers to be fired, Trump warns<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2369599\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> pledged on Friday to target &ldquo;Democrat-oriented&rdquo; government workers as his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >administration launches sweeping efforts<\/a> to shrink the federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bureaucracy<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These are people that the Democrats wanted that, in many cases, were not appropriate,&rdquo; Trump said in the Oval Office. &ldquo;We fought them at the time, and it was ultimately signed in, and some of these people&mdash; these are largely people that the Democrats want. Many of them will be fired.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3846626\/house-gop-whip-jeffrey-epstein-files-release-emmer\/\">House GOP won&#8217;t whip against bill to release the Jeffrey Epstein files: Emmer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3846685\/trump-administration-dials-up-heat-on-democrats-as-government-shutdown-set-to-enter-third-week\/\">Trump administration dials up heat on Democrats as government shutdown set to enter third week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3845550\/watch-live-speaker-mike-johnson-holds-press-conference-day-nine-shutdown\/\">WATCH LIVE: Mike Johnson holds press conference on ninth day of shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>His announcement came after Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought revealed that the Trump administration has begun laying off federal workers through &ldquo;reductions in force.&rdquo; The RIFs will affect over 4,000 employees across at least seven federal agencies, <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131\/gov.uscourts.cand.457131.39.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to court filings.<\/p>\n<p>Trump elaborated on efforts to lay off federal workers during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">government shutdown<\/a> during remarks on Friday evening. The administration will determine exactly &ldquo;how many&rdquo; positions to eliminate in the coming days, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to make a determination &mdash; do we want a lot?&rdquo; Trump added. &ldquo;And I must tell you, a lot of them happen to be Democrat-oriented.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The president blamed the layoffs on Democrats, arguing they are the ones responsible for the government shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It will be Democrat-oriented, because we figure they started this thing, so they should be Democrat-oriented. It&rsquo;ll be a lot, and we&rsquo;ll announce the numbers over the next couple of days. But it&rsquo;ll be a lot of people all because of the Democrats,&rdquo; Trump said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Republican leaders such as House Majority Leader Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) have stood by the president, some moderate GOP members slammed Trump for federal layoffs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republicans have voted to OPEN the government and get our troops, Border Patrol, TSA, and veterans PAID! <\/p>\n<p>But Chuck Schumer is terrified of a challenge from the Marxist left &ndash; so he and the Democrats voted to CLOSE the government&mdash;and to STOP PAYCHECKS from being issued.<\/p>\n<p>They&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/smN8W67TiK\">pic.twitter.com\/smN8W67TiK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1976415528454586687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) has emerged as a leading critic. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who chairs the Senate Appropriations Committee, has also expressed concerns, blaming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for the shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Arbitrary layoffs result in a lack of sufficient personnel needed to conduct the mission of the agency and to deliver essential programs, and cause harm to families in Maine and throughout our country,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/government-shutdown-news-10-10-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> CNN.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1976727561079341424\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blasted <\/a>cuts as &ldquo;deliberate chaos.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re callously choosing to hurt people &mdash; the workers who protect our country, inspect our food, respond when disasters strike,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown was triggered on Oct. 5, when Senate Democrats blocked a &ldquo;clean&rdquo; continuing resolution to keep the government open. The term means the measure keeps the government funded at currently approved levels, with no attached provisions favoring Republicans or Democrats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Schumer has led his caucus in blocking multiple rounds of votes because he wants to attach provisions to the measure extending Obamacare subsidies. Democrats argue that the healthcare reforms are urgent, and millions of Americans will see premiums increase dramatically if Republicans fail to attach the provisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has argued that Democrats have backed similar &ldquo;clean&rdquo; CRs keeping the government open over a dozen times in recent years. The House speaker has suggested that Schumer&rsquo;s worries are nothing more than a political ploy designed to appease fringe elements in the party after Schumer was condemned by progressives in March when he agreed to back a similar CR.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Schumer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3347329\/schumer-caves-shutdown-battle-gop-clearing-way-funding-bill-passage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said <\/a>&ldquo;as bad as passing the CR is, allowing Donald Trump to take even much more power via a government shutdown is a far worse option.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After Schumer backed the CR earlier this year, momentum grew to primary the Democratic leader, with liberals backing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a challenger.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the months since, Schumer has changed course on backing a CR. And he has pinned blame on Republicans for the latest government shutdown, arguing Trump is weaponizing it for political purposes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans would rather see thousands of Americans lose their jobs than sit down and negotiate with Democrats to reopen the government,&rdquo; Schumer said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1976732192282730722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> to X on Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3846685\/trump-administration-dials-up-heat-on-democrats-as-government-shutdown-set-to-enter-third-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DIALS UP HEAT ON DEMOCRATS AS SHUTDOWN ENTERS THIRD WEEK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnson argued Thursday that Schumer has changed course on the CR because he feels backed into a corner by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cancels-chicago-trip-to-focus-on-threatened-infrastructure-bill\/\" title=\"Biden Cancels Chicago Trip To Focus On Threatened Infrastructure Bill\">left-wing factions<\/a> in his party.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the first time in history that a clean CR has ever been the subject of a government shutdown,&rdquo; the House speaker<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1976415528454586687\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> told<\/a> CBS News. &ldquo;Chuck Schumer is playing political games right now for his own political future. He&rsquo;s afraid he&rsquo;s going to get a challenge from the Marxist left in his party, and so he&rsquo;s dramatically changed course from everything he said for over 40 years here in the Congress, roll the tape.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shutdown to lead to many &#8216;Democrat-oriented&#8217; federal layoffs, Trump warns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2497759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dj-trump.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[49424,7970,5123,3634],"class_list":["post-2497758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-federal-employees","tag-layoffs","tag-shutdown","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dj-trump.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2497758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2497762,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497758\/revisions\/2497762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2497759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}