Hakeem Jeffries

Of course that's what they're trying to do.

They've been doing it all year.

At the same period of time, it's also irresponsible that House Republicans continue to be on vacation.

Well, we are going to continue to stand by our hard-working federal civil servants.

And it's unfortunate that Donald Trump and Republicans have decided to now use them as pawns because of the Republican refusal to provide health care to working-class and middle-class Americans.

At the same period of time, Ali, you make a very good point, and that's the reality.

Donald Trump, Russ Volt, and this malignant crew that's part of this administration, they have been engaging in mass firing since January 20th.

They've been doing it outside of the context of a government shutdown.

And so to the extent that they're claiming that a government shutdown may force their hand, that's just pretext for something that they've already been doing.

This is why it's important for us as Democrats, of course, to continue to hold the line on behalf of the American people while also making it clear we'll sit down with the Republicans.

We want to find a bipartisan path forward.

It's always been done that way in the past when we found ourselves in the context of a government shutdown.

Dobby the house elf at your service.

Dobby, are you okay?

You don't have to be scared.

Scared?

Why would Dobby be scared, sir?

Dobby's just about to publicly weigh in on trans people, that's all.

I mean, do you really have to?

All right, first of all, I do not love Master.