In Interview, Rubio Rejects Stephanopoulos’ Premise on US Foreign Aid Reductions

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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Secretary of State Marco Rubio shot down ABC News host George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday when he pushed the narrative that President Donald Trump’s cuts to foreign aid caused many people to die. Stephanopoulos asserted on “Good Morning America” that the Department of Government Efficiency’s freeze on foreign aid in February killed people on a global scale due to a freeze in funding to support humanitarian causes. Let’s blame the other countries that didn’t give any foreign aid. They don’t give money … so did people die because China didn’t give more money?”Stephanopoulos said that Rubio was no longer disputing that cuts to foreign aid led people to die. “No one has died because the United States has cut aid, no,” he continued.