FIRST WORD
It is hard to see people in my position struggling and then to have this sort of trivial event.”
Julianna Ellis, a Clemson fan and alumnus who is a federal employee and just missed a paycheck because of the government shutdown, on Monday’s planned visit by the national football champions to the White House. She told the Anderson (South Carolina) Independent Mail it is frustrating and disheartening to see the problems of federal employees brushed aside for a celebration. “Is this an essential activity?” Josh Barro, a New York Magazine columnist, asked on Twitter.