Republicans Squirm As Trump’s Wall Takes Money For Projects On Their Turf
GOP officials are blaming Democrats after the Trump administration defunded military projects in their states.
Republican lawmakers who supported President
Donald Trump’s emergency declaration for the U.S.-Mexico border early this year are attempting to save face after the
administration announced it would fund a wall on parts of the southern boundary with money for projects in their districts.
The
Department of Defense this week listed more than 100 projects ― including training facilities, parking lots, schools and daycare centers on various military installations ― that would not go forward as planned in the next few years.
Much of the money diverted to build Trump’s wall ― the one he insisted as a candidate that Mexico would pay for ― had been earmarked for House districts and states represented by GOP lawmakers
who voted to uphold the president’s emergency declaration. Some of these same politicians now seek to pin the blame for the stalled projects on
Democrats, as they pledge to reinstall their funding in budget talks later this month. The complainers include Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Projects on the chopping block include a $63 million renovation of a middle school at Fort Campbell, whose 6th, 7th, and 8th-grade classes face
overcrowded conditions. The base straddles the border between Kentucky and Tennessee.
Republicans Squirm As Trump’s Wall Takes Money For Projects In Their Districts
It's sadly hilarious that GOP officials are trying to blame Democrats for Trump stealing their funds - especially when it was Democrats who appropriated the funds for the projects Trump is stealing from.
