Lara Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and wife of Eric Trump, said in an interview this week that the ongoing partial government shutdown “is so much bigger than any one person.”

Trump made the remarks after BOLD TV host Carrie Sheffield asked her “in terms of the workers who are coming to work and not getting paid, what would you say to them?”

“Listen this is, it’s not fair to you and we all get that but this is so much bigger than any one person,” Trump responded.

“It is a little bit of pain but it’s going to be for the future of our country and their children and their grandchildren and generations after them will thank them for their sacrifice,” she said. “Right now, I know it’s hard. I know people have families they have bills to pay, they have mortgages, they have rents that are due.

“But the president is trying every single day to come up with a good solution here,” she said, “and the reality is, it’s been something that’s gone on for too long and been unaddressed, our immigration problem. If we do nothing right now it’s never going to get fixed.”

The shutdown began on Dec. 22 after Donald Trump rejected a Senate measure to keep the government open temporarily that did not include funding for his wall. Trump is demanding $5.7 billion in funding for his proposed wall on the Mexican border.

The House then approved a bill that also temporarily funded the government and included $5.7 billion in money for the wall and border security. That legislation was blocked in the Senate.

Since then, Republicans have handed the House majority to Democrats, who have demanded that Trump open the government.

Lara Trump described the shutdown as an opportunity to win funds for the border wall and urged federal workers to “stay strong.”

“This is our one opportunity,” Trump added. “So, I would just tell them please stay strong. We appreciate everything that you’re sacrificing. We are behind you and we’re gonna do everything we can. I know the president is doing everything he can to resolve this quickly.”

Twitter was furious:

"It is a little bit of pain", said Lara Trump, one of the richest women in America, "kind of like when Eric blew the head off of that elephant and was bummed because he couldn't mount it." #wednesdaywisdom #wednesdaythoughts https://t.co/cnGb5gMrX3

— Holly Figueroa O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) January 23, 2019

Donald Trump's wealthy daughter-in-law and campaign adviser Lara Trump tells 800,000 struggling federal employees who are working without paying that it's just "a little bit of pain" for them but "this is so much bigger than any one person." #TrumpShutdown https://t.co/9O8lzjflMt

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) January 23, 2019

People who sit in the lap of luxury need to STFU about regular working folks and "a little bit of pain."

YOU HAD 2 YEARS WITH A GOP CONGRESS TO GET WALL MONEY.

NOW YOU WANT TO HOLD 800K PAYCHECKS HOSTAGE?

Fuck ALL the way off, Lara trump. https://t.co/4zvWw1EJfI

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) January 23, 2019

.@LaraLeaTrump, do you have any idea what it’s like to get bills in the mail that you can’t pay? Do you know what it’s like not to visit the doctor because you can’t afford the deductible? The amount of stress that puts on a family is huge. It’s a lot more than “a bit of a pain.” https://t.co/C6DZEI1Tpb

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) January 23, 2019

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