Cardi B is not cool with employees not getting paid during the shutdown

"Our country is in a hellhole right now, all for a f**kin’ wall."
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Yeah, so you've heard plenty of opinions about the U.S. government shutdown, but you haven't heard someone give them like Cardi B.

In a very sweary video posted to Instagram on Wednesday night, the singer hit out at Trump and the decision to make furloughed workers continue their jobs without getting paid.

And it's to the point, to say the least.

“Hey y’all, I just wanted to remind you because it’s been a little over three weeks," she said. "Trump is now ordering, as in summonsing, federal government workers to go back to work without getting paid."

Cardi B even had a snappy response to people who would inevitably bring up other government shutdowns which have happened, namely one under Obama's administration in 2013.

"Now, I don't wanna hear y’all motherfuckers talking about, ‘Oh, but Obama shutdown the government for 17 days,'" she added.

"Yeah, bitch! For healthcare. So your grandma could check her blood pressure, and you bitches could go check your pussies at the gynaecologist with no motherfucking problem."

She continued: "This shit is really fucking serious, bro. This shit is crazy. Our country is in a hellhole right now, all for a fuckin’ wall."

"And we really need to take this seriously. I feel like we need to take some action," she said, acknowledging that she doesn't know exactly what action is required on the issue.

"Bitch, I’m scared. This is crazy. And I really feel bad for these people that gotta go to fuckin’ work to not get motherfucking paid."

Call it curt, call it whatever, Cardi B's take on the government shutdown clearly struck a chord on the internet.

Maintain the rage, Cardi B.

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Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com

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