Senator Chuck Schumer

Some other people are furloughed, and they come back when the shutdown is over.

And then, what the Trump administration, they've done something no president has tried during the shutdowns, to fire people.

But that's illegal.

And they've been doing that all along.

Shut down or not, they take agencies,

and they illegally fire them.

In most instances, those who were fired in their groups, unions, or whatever, go to court and win, but they are using the shutdown as a pretext in that regard as well.

Right, so he funded the military,

With $8 billion, he took research dollars out of the Defense Department and put it into pay.

Now, that's probably not legal because Congress allocated the money in one place, and the Constitution says the president can't just unilaterally move it without Congress's okay.

But he's been doing a lot of illegal acts to enforce what he wants.

Everyone wants the military to get paid, of course.

We need them.

They risk their lives for us.

They're just great.

But the way to do that, the real answer, is for the Republicans to end the shutdown by sitting down and talking to us.

This is unprecedented.

So are they not talking to you?

Not at all.

Listen to this.