“Rep. Brandon Williams today asked for his salary to be withheld during a government shutdown, reversing his comments only hours earlier when he told a national television audience that he would continue to accept his $174,000 annual salary. Williams, a first-term Republican from Central New York, made the fast reversal after facing backlash from his Democratic opponents and others on social media…
Later in the show, a caller criticized Williams for saying he would take a salary while federal employees and contractors would suffer. He said those workers won’t find much sympathy from those who work in the private sector and have been furloughed or lost pensions.”
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