George Conway slams ‘nihilistic’ Trump as thousands are laid off amid government shutdown

With the government shutdown now set to enter a third week with no end in sight, President Trump continues to test the boundaries of his power. The White House followed through on his threat to lay off federal workers, sending out notices to more than 4,000 of them on Friday. Legal experts have already warned that even the threat of firings was uncharted legal territory.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told our colleague, the Reverend Dal Sharpton, that the president is trying to capitalize on the crisi ...