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Trump Cuts Funding to 16 Blue States That Didn’t Vote for Him
['Malcolm Ferguson', 'Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling', 'Edith Olmsted', 'Robert Mccoy']
The New Republic
Each of these states voted against President Trump in 2024 and is represented by two Democrats in the Senate (where the shutdown fight just happens to be stuck). This also comes as the Trump administration freezes a whopping $18 billion in infrastructure and transportation funding to New York City, another massive middle finger to a blue region. Vought announced a cut to those funds earlier Wednesday, claiming the projects are using “unconstitutional DEI principles.”