Va. Rep. Walkinshaw: Mass firing threat an ‘amateurish attempt to negotiate’ amid looming shutdown

Newly elected Virginia Rep James Walkinshaw says that President Donald Trump s administration s threat of mass firing was an amateurish attempt to negotiate amid a looming leadership shutdown Walkinshaw a Democrat whose Virginia district is home to numerous residents who are part of the federal workforce talked with WTOP anchor Nick Iannelli on Thursday and shared what he revealed everyone in Congress should be doing Listen to the interview below toggle audio on and off change volume download audio Walkinshaw says everyone in Congress should be doing this to reach funding agreement function ' wtop-audio-container fa-play' on 'click' function var audio filename 'div wtop-audio-file' evidence mp -url if typeof gtag function gtag 'event' 'post audio' 'play' audio filename 'permalink' window location href The transcript below has been lightly edited for clarity Source