The shutdown is taking a human toll across America

[DonViejo]

Federal workers, some of whom backed Trump, have a message for the president and congressional leaders: Do something.

Jan. 5, 2019 / 8:55 AM EST

By Kailani Koenig and Vaughn Hillyard

WILMINGTON, N.C. — While the nation's capital is stuck in a standstill and the partial government shutdown rolls forward with no clear end in sight, the situation for many federal employees across the country is getting more real by the day.

Matthew Craviotto, an air traffic control specialist based at Wilmington's International Airport, had only been in his home for a few months when Hurricane Florence struck the region in September. The storm unleashed record rain and submerged much of his house. In all, he estimates he suffered roughly $70,000 in damage.

He relied on shelter from friends for several months and drained much of his savings.

It's situations like this that get exacerbated if a regular paycheck doesn't arrive due to a lapse in government funding and the inability of Congress and the White House to come to an agreement over funding for a border wall.

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[JenniferJuniper]

1. Typical deplorable

"'If this did not impact my household directly, I'd tell him to stand tall because something needs to be done,' Willard Jenkins said of the president and a barrier at the border. 'But because it does and it impacts my wife and me, if this continues we wouldn't have a paycheck'".

Stand tall, President Dump! Just not now, as this is affecting me personally.

[onethatcares]

2. Willard Jenkins is an asswipe

imho.

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Fix news watching Deplorable.

[ooky]

4. Womp womp Willard

You are now reaping what you have sewn asshole.