By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
The men and women who have sworn to sacrifice their own lives to protect the president are not receiving paychecks under the government shutdown.
The 7,000 Secret Service employees, including those on protective details and uniformed officers, missed their first paycheck of the new year.
“These are the people who are closest to him and clearly put their lives on the line for him every single day,” Rick Tyler, a Republican political consultant, told Huffington Post. “He has demonstrated no empathy for them over this situation.”
Trump has been virtually mum on the tens of thousands of federal law enforcement officials who have been forced to work without pay. They include TSA screeners and FBI, DEA, ATF and Border Patrol agents who are considered “essential” employees.
Thousands of TSA screeners have been calling in sick in protest, causing snarls and security concerns at airports.
The irony is that the shutdown over border protection could make the country more unsafe.
