With a buyout offer still on a court-ordered hold and the possibility of more Trump-imposed cuts looming, hundreds of federal workers and their supporters flocked to the Upper Senate Park early Tuesday afternoon, rallying in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol in a bid to defend their work.

Maryland’s Democratic leaders warn that significant cuts to the federal workforce would be catastrophic for the state’s economy.

"The American government is not Twitter," Murray said on a press call Tuesday. "You can't just run around breaking things and hope for the best."