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As the shutdown dragged on, Trump and his team kept claiming federal workers were on board with the fight for the wall. The problem: the workers, their unions, and the practical realities of the shutdown were saying something very different.
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As the shutdown dragged on, Trump and his team kept claiming federal workers were on board with the fight for the wall. The problem: the workers, their unions, and the practical realities of the shutdown were saying something very different.
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