Mark Warner said "But I guess what I want to just spend a couple of minutes on is, why in the heck has the Trump administration been hitting the District of Columbia so unrelentingly? Let's look back. Just as downtown was starting to recover from the pandemic, President Trump and DOGE began a wholesale assault on the Federal workforce. Thousands of Federal workers--people who go to local restaurants, go to DC businesses--were fired by the President or forced to take a buyout early." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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But I guess what I want to just spend a couple of minutes on is, why in the heck has the Trump administration been hitting the District of Columbia so unrelentingly? Let's look back. Just as downtown was starting to recover from the pandemic, President Trump and DOGE began a wholesale assault on the Federal workforce. Thousands of Federal workers--people who go to local restaurants, go to DC businesses--were fired by the President or forced to take a buyout early.

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Mark Warner

Democratic · Virginia

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of the Trump administration's policies on the District of Columbia and its economy.

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