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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-congressman-mocked-after-ignoring- slavery-saying-never-in-history-people-worked-without-pay

A Vermont Democrat was forced to apologize Tuesday for ignoring the
history of slavery in the U.S. in an effort to promote his bill banning
federal workers from working without pay amid the partial government
shutdown.

“Never in the history of this country has it been legal to make people
work for free," U.S. Rep. Peter Welch wrote in a tweet, "but that’s what’s happening to federal employees. This can never happen again.”


Rep. Peter Welch
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@PeterWelch
Never in the history of this country has it been legal to make people
work for free but that’s what’s happening to federal employees. This can
never happen again.https://vtdigger.org/2019/01/22/welch-bill-prohibit- forcing-federal-employees-work-without-pay/ …

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The remark immediately prompted backlash, with some reminding the lawmaker
of the nation's history with slavery, forcing Welch to issue a statement apologizing for the comments. He didn’t delete the original tweet.

“Sincere apologies,” Welch wrote in his apology on Twitter. “Nothing worse
in the history of our country than the brutal inhumanity of the horrible, relentless, and savage infliction of involuntary servitude-slavery- on
millions of people whose freedom was denied.”


Rep. Peter Welch
?
@PeterWelch
Replying to @PeterWelch
Sincere apologies.

Nothing worse in the history of our country than the brutal inhumanity of
the horrible, relentless, and savage infliction of involuntary servitude- slavery- on millions of people whose freedom was denied.

Nothing.

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Welch’s initial tweet tried to rally others to support his bill that makes
it illegal for federal workers to work without pay during government
shutdowns.

Since the beginning of the shutdown Dec. 22, many federal workers have
either been furloughed or have been working without pay. While workers are currently not receiving their paychecks, all federal workers are expected
to receive back pay after a funding bill passes.

According to various estimates, around 400,000 federal workers are working without pay due to the shutdown, while around 350,000 are furloughed.

It remains unclear when the government is likely to be reopened as the
standoff between congressional Democrats and President Trump continues.
Trump has demanded more than $5 billion funding for the border wall, a
demand Democrats apparently ruled out.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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