‘Congress members get paid, janitors don’t’ in US shutdown: Fact check | Donald Trump News

Many federal government employees will forgo paychecks after the United States government shut down. But that won’t be the case for lawmakers, a liberal podcaster said.

“If the government shuts down, members of Congress still get paid,” said Dan Koh, host of The People’s Cabinet podcast in a clip he posted on September 29 on X. “The janitors never get paid.”

Koh, who worked as deputy assistant to former President Joe Biden, said in the…