TRUMP ATTEMPTS TO CLARIFY ROSS' REMARKS: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross sparked a firestorm Thursday when he suggested federal workers needing assistance for food during the partial government shutdown should take out a loan ... In an interview on CNBC, Ross, one of the richest people in Trump's Cabinet, was asked to comment on reports that some of the federal workers currently not receiving paychecks are going to homeless shelters to get food.
"Well, I know they are and I don't really quite understand why," he said. "The obligations that they would undertake, say borrowing from a bank or a credit union, are in effect federally guaranteed. So the 30 days of pay that some people will be out — there's no real reason why they shouldn't be able to get a loan against it."
Ross' comments were immediately criticized as insensitive. Trump attempted to clarify the remarks by telling reporters, "Local people know who they are when they go for groceries and everything else,” the president told reporters. “I think what Wilbur was trying to say is that they will work along. I know banks are working along.”
Trump was alluding to several banks helping customers who are struggling financially as a result of the shutdown.
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