White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Oct. 2 that the number of federal employees who are being laid off amid the government shutdown will be in the thousands.
“That’s something that the Office of Management and Budget and the entire team at the White House here, again, is unfortunately having to work on today,” Leavitt told reporters.
If there were no government shutdown, she added, “these discussions and these conversations, these meetings, would not be happening.”
Leavitt’s comments were made ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought on Oct. 2. The president had confirmed the meeting in a post on Truth Social, which also stated that he would target federal agencies during the shutdown….
White House Says Federal Layoffs Likely in the Thousands Amid Government Shutdown
