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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the administration would fire "a lot of people" if there was a government shutdown, blaming Democrats for the current impasse in funding talks.
"The Democrats want to shut down the government. And when that happens, you have to fire people," the president told reporters at the White House.
"This shutdown is because of Donald Trump. He's the one causing it," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said, reposting a video of Trump.
On Tuesday, the American leader accused Democrats of insisting on providing free health care to illegal immigrants. Vice President J.D. Vance, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and Republican senators also made the accusation.
In his Senate testimony on Tuesday, Charles Schumer said too many Republicans are lying about the Democrats' position.
"The law prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving Medicare, Medicaid, or the ACA (Affordable Care Act). Not a cent of the federal budget goes toward this," he said.
The federal government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday (local time) unless the U.S. Congress approves a federal spending bill. Republicans, who currently hold 53 seats in the Senate, need the support of at least seven Democrats in the upper chamber to pass the bill.
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