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Trump claims — without evidence — that ‘most of the people not getting paid’ in shutdown are Democrats

Washington • President Trump on Thursday claimed that “most of the people not getting paid” in the partial government shutdown are Democrats, days after he contended that many federal workers support his call for more border wall funding.

Trump made the claim in a morning tweet as the shutdown entered its sixth day, with hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay amid signs pointing toward a prolonged standoff.

"Have the Democrats finally realized that we desperately need Border Security and a Wall on the Southern Border," Trump said in the tweet.