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    Richard Blumenthal‏Verified account @SenBlumenthal 13h13 hours ago

    Richard Blumenthal Retweeted The Washington Post

    Because of the #TrumpShutdown, 800,000 workers are not getting paid, but senior officials are receiving a raise? Utterly unfair & another insult to the hardworking men & women currently working w/out pay & forced to make substantial sacrifices while the gov't is closed.https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1081227899238301696 …

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    The Washington PostVerified account @washingtonpost
    Pence and top Trump appointees to get $10,000 raises as hundreds of thousands of federal workers go without pay in shutdown https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/04/while-federal-workers-go-without-pay-senior-trump-administration-officials-are-poised-get-raises/ …
    3:53 pm - 4 Jan 2019
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      2. Richard Blumenthal‏Verified account @SenBlumenthal 13h13 hours ago

        Accepting these raises makes clear these “leaders” fail a basic tenet of leadership—putting what’s best for the group above one’s own self interests.

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      3. Richard Blumenthal‏Verified account @SenBlumenthal 13h13 hours ago

        I will be donating my pay to Homes For The Brave until the shutdown is done. What will top Trump officials do with theirs?

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      2. Sea Are‏ @leja99 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        You're still getting paid. Why don't you congressmen give up your bloated pay to the furloughed workers? Come on. Or do you not do such things voluntarily? You must have the threat of force to do it, right?

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Cincheetah‏ @Cincheetah 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @leja99 @SenBlumenthal

        He’s a senator and if you can read, he’s voluntarily giving up his pay. I assume you’re a republican since you missed his entire point.

        2 replies . 3 retweets 18 likes
      4. Maygan‏ @Maygan1Maygan 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @Cincheetah @leja99 @SenBlumenthal

        Correct.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 4 likes
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      1. I’ve Been Thinking On It‏ @cmcclain100 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        Not to mention Donald froze the pay for federal workers. I just can’t fathom how horrid these Trump people are...they have no hearts or souls.

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      1. OnceASloan‏ @OnceaSloan 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal @pam_houston

        In addition, he has frozen Federal Workers pay...no pay increases for the workers (which would have been what, 2%?) but people in the Administration get 10,000 a year? That is so outrageous it makes me ill.

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      2. Gabrielle-illuminati High Priestess‏ @Minervasbard 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        If he takes money from one group but then pays their higher ups- he’s isolating the groups from each other. The people not getting paid are pissed and scared, the ones getting the extra money hopefully are embarrassed & horrified, either way- communication breakdown & resentment

        1 reply . 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. Gabrielle-illuminati High Priestess‏ @Minervasbard 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @Minervasbard @SenBlumenthal

        He’s eroding the chain of command in government agencies, destroying what we call in the military- unit cohesion & good order and discipline. This is dangerous and he knows it. He’s hoping for the worst possible outcome and so is Putin

        0 replies . 2 retweets 3 likes
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      1. Robin Donohue‏ @DonohueRobin 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        And what does his base—you know, the little guy Trump is always looking out for—think of this? Sadly, they won’t change their stubborn minds a bit.

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      1. Snake Plissken 🇺🇸‏ @_SnakePlissken_ 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        What about in the state you represent? Look at New Haven they laid off teachers, raised taxes by 11% just to give Mayor Harp’s friends raises.https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/New-Haven-Alders-to-Investigate-Pay-Increases-Handed-Out-by-Mayor-Harp-486075671.html …

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      1. Stuart Gollinger‏ @Jerigo1Stuart 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        The 800,000 Fed workers out of work now due to the Gov’t shutdown are part of American families all over the USA who are looking forward to the day in a few short years when they can stick it to the evil, corrupt @realDonaldTrump on Election Day in 2020?

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      1. James Turner‏ @LuckyJames314 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal @solusnan1

        It’s an absolutely perfect example of how we’ve come to expect Republicans to behave.

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      1. Silvia Saucedo‏ @MaestraMex 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        #ImpeachTheMF

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      1. Gabrielle-illuminati High Priestess‏ @Minervasbard 11h11 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal @MarthaLynneOwe1

        This is divide and conquer- everything trump does is to destabilize the fabric of this nation trying to put each other at their throats. He’s an agent of chaos for Russia

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      2. JoJo‏ @oyemyachinghead 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        http://time.com/5494176/florida-crash-federal-investigation-delay-shutdown/ …

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      1. Susan Cypher‏ @maskit5256 5h5 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        I have family who have to work without pay. Pence & @realDonaldTrump (especially #TrumpTheTerrible ) shouldn't get a penny, as long as the #TrumpShutdown continues. In fact, he should pay those 800,000 people's bills, if he's going to hold their paychecks in abeyance. #NoWallpic.twitter.com/q8aXU4NQLV

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      1. Eddie on Watch‏ @EdDadakis 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @SenBlumenthal

        Dick because of your failure to protect the border a cops family buried him today. He was killed by an illegal immigrant hours after posing in front of the Christmas tree with his little boy. Nothing more important than that. #BuildTheWallNow

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