Washington Examiner Commentary Writer Tiana Lowe Doescher suggested that the threat of mass federal layoffs from the White House is “a damn good” strategy during the government shutdown.

Doescher appeared on Newsmax’s Wake Up America Early on Monday, the sixth day of the federal government shutdown. Host Alex Kraemer asked Doescher about the seriousness of the threat from Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought to make shutdown furloughs permanent.