Vice President JD Vance blamed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and “far-left” Senate Democrats for turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), following a wave of layoffs that were later rescinded as the government shutdown neared the end of its second week.
The Trump administration laid off more than 1,000 CDC employees on Friday before reportedly reversing course. Vance, speaking to CBS News on Sunday, said the confusion reflected a funding standoff created by Democrats.
“The government shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos,” Vance said. “We are figuring out how to take money from some areas and give it to other areas. That chaos is because Schumer and the far-left Democrats shut down the government.”
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