Anyone who has ever experienced a government shutdown knows how awful it is for everyone involved — it’s terrible for our federal workforce, for the economy and for the Americans who want their government to actually work. In my op-ed for the El Paso Times on Oct. 2 , I explained how we got here. But what happened while Americans were suffering was eye-opening, and this painful experience made clear how little the Trump administration cares about hard-working Americans.

From refusing to extend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, to picking who would or would not get paid among the federal workforce, to the administration’s unwillingness to use available funding for SNAP recipients, I hope Americans better understand just how comfortable this president is with punishing you.

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