Psaki: GOP is using shutdown as 'excuse for layoffs they wanted to do anyway'

We've had plenty of government shutdowns before. Unfortunately, we've had a number of them over the last decade or so. Many lasting much longer than the 10 days that the government has been shut down so far for so long this time.And none of those forced layoffs. None of them because that is just not a thing. It's not a part of government shutdowns.Whenever the government shuts down, hundreds of thousands of federal workers do typically get furled. But when the shutdown ends, they get to go back to work and ...