The Trump administration is going into federal employee emails and turning their “Out of Office” auto-replies into MAGA screeds blaming the government shutdown on Democrats.

NBC News reports that when the government shutdown went into effect on Wednesday, employees of the Department of Education, headed by former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, were given a standard, non-partisan auto-reply template for their emails. However, that was quickly overwritten by a charged, right-wing rant blaming the government shutdown on the Democrats.

“Thank you for contacting me. On September 10, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution,” reads the new email.

“Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in ap

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