As the Trump administration continues to lay off hundreds of federal employees amid a shutdown which enters the third week, defiant Democrats have said that they would not be intimidated or cowed by President Donald Trump's tactics to pressure them by mass layoffs or by his threats of more firings to come.

Recently, the Trump administration had axed as many as or more than 4,200 federal workers, it said in a court filing. According to the reports, the mass layoffs in the federal government have affected seven agencies including Treasury Department, Department of Health and Human Services, and Department of Education, the Justice Department court filing read.

Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz dismissed the firings as “mostly bluster,” predicting they would eventually be overturned in court or

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