Senator denounces order to pause all funding and says it’ll have ‘devastating impact’ on ‘most vulnerable people’ in US

Summary

Senator Bernie Sanders condemned Trump’s order to freeze all federal loans and grants, calling it a “dangerous move towards authoritarianism” and “blatantly unconstitutional.”

The directive, exempting Social Security and Medicare, is expected to impact universities, nonprofits, food assistance programs, health centers, and disabled veterans.

Sanders emphasized that Congress holds the “power of the purse” and urged Americans to oppose the order.

Attorneys general are preparing legal challenges to overturn the freeze.

  • @finitebanjo
    -3•2 days ago

    If you don’t want those laws to pass, vote and vocally support parties in a way that opposes Republicans. Shitting on Dems in this context will give us: fuck all, jack shit, and a real bad time.

    Republicans don’t shit on themselves and each other over all the horrible stuff they do. They celebrate it. And that strategy is winning against us.

    • Cruxifux
      9•2 days ago

      Im not American, I’m just looking on in shock and horror at your two party system and the justifications you all seem to give your favourite team honestly.

      • @finitebanjo
        -10•2 days ago

        If you’re not here to support the solution to the problem then fuck off, you’re not helping.

        • Cruxifux
          9•2 days ago

          Yeah I’ll fuck off about your dumb ass countries politics when you stop trying to imperialize mine. The liberal do-nothingness that’s plagued your country is a bullshit attitude that is now affecting my country, and im not going to sit here and pretend it doesn’t piss me off.

          • @finitebanjo
            -7•2 days ago

            And there it is! The both-sides-bad anti-liberal argument you always hear from a Tankie who probably supported Trump from the start.

                  • @finitebanjo
                    3•2 days ago

                    There are even more overseas-troll-factory tankies and bots, though. That is why whenever they post about their protests there is only like 8 people.

            • Cruxifux
              0•2 days ago

              Nobody agrees with you here dude. Go enable fascism somewhere else.

              • @finitebanjo
                1•2 days ago

                You’re literally arguing with multiple people in this thread and I have you ratio’d hard in my first reply.

                • Cruxifux
                  1•2 days ago

                  The more you explained your point the less support you got. How do you think you have more support here dude? You’re way in the negatives.

                  Fuck why am I arguing with someone who can’t figure out one digit numbers. Have a nice one dude.

                  • @finitebanjo
                    0•2 days ago

                    Most people wouldn’t waste time looking past the first couple of comments, you already outed yourself as an authoritarian promoting centrism.

          • @finitebanjo
            2•2 days ago

            Voting dem is the solution, I support voting dem.

            Dems introduce bills for public healthcare, campaign finance laws, and taxing the rich. Get 60 dems in office, and keep them there for when the tax laws expire again (we just lost this cycle) and everything will fall into place.