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As a government shutdown looms, right-wing media figures continue to champion a shutdown and downplay its costs
Fox’s Sean Hannity: “They fearmonger it like it's the worst thing in the world,” but “people end up getting free vacations.”
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While party infighting halts House Republicans’ ability to pass spending bills needed to extend federal funding and avert a partial shutdown of the government, right-wing media outlets have championed the looming shutdown and downplayed its effects on federal employees and those receiving social services. This would be the sixth consecutive shutdown brought about by a Republican-controlled House of Representatives, with past shutdowns being both costly for, and unpopular with, the American public.