Larry Kudlow Snaps at Reporter: Federal Workers are ‘Volunteering’ to Work Because of Their ‘Allegiance’ to Trump
President Donald Trump‘s National Economic Council Director has been getting visibly frustrated lately with all the questions he’s been getting over federal workers whose paychecks have been delayed because of a government shutdown.
“Workers are showing up!” insisted Larry Kudlow when reporters challenged him about dispirited federal workers who have stopped going to work.
Q: “That’s not volunteering if you’re being forced to work without pay. If you don’t show up you lose your job. That’s not volunteering…”
Larry Kudlow: “I’m not even going to go there. You know what I’m saying. It’s very clear…” pic.twitter.com/w1CNOmafBZ
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 24, 2019
Prompted a bit more by a reporter over the shutdown leading to workers staying home, Kudlow seemed to suddenly lose his cool.
“You know? I’m not even gonna go there,” he said. “You know what I’m saying, it’s very clear. And you know what else? With respect to people who do have financial hardships, as someone was asking, they are coming to work and giving the same 24/7 work they always do, and I’m saying, whatever semantic game you think you’re playing with me– and I’m usually easy going guy– give them credit, okay?”
Kudlow praised federal employees for showing up for work in spite of shutdowns, saying they are “volunteering” to do it in honor of the country and “presumably their allegiance to President Trump.” Democrats have had shutdowns too, in the past, he added.
“They’re doing it,” said Kudlow, nodding his head firmly. “There are a lot of wonderful people in this country.” Especially younger federal employees, he emphasized.
“I’ve become a great fan of the millennials,” he said, waving his hand goodbye.
