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“I would say it depends on who we’re talking about,” Trump said when asked whether furloughed employees would receive pay once the shutdown lifts. “For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.”
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“I would say it depends on who we’re talking about,” Trump said when asked whether furloughed employees would receive pay once the shutdown lifts. “For the most part, we’re going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don’t deserve to be taken care of, and we’ll take care of them in a different way.”
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# Trump Says Some People ‘Don’t Deserve to Be Taken Care Of’ During Shutdown

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## Transcript

Is it the White House's position that furloughed workers should be paid for their back pay? Uh, I would say it depends on who we're talking about. I can tell you this. The Democrats have put a lot of people in great risk and jeopardy, but it really depends on who you're talking about. But for the most part, we're going to take care of our people. There are some people that really don't deserve to be taken care of, and we'll take care of them in a different way. Why do you say some federal workers should not get their back pay? Why do you say. Well, you're going to have to figure that out okay.

Ask ask the Democrats that question. Mr. president, Mr. president, just to follow up there, I mean, the law says that when the government is reopened that workers will receive their their back pay. So are you going to defy the law there? I follow the law. And what the law says is correct and I follow the law.

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