https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/politics/devos-special-olympics-durbin/index.htmlThank you Mr. President for reigning in your minion and standing up for our most vulnerable people and protecting an event which is uplifting to the human spirit.
Trump is on a roll, holy shit this presidency is roller coaster.
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Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos told senators on Thursday that she was not personally involved in the decision to propose eliminating funding for the Special Olympics, but continued to defend the cut included in her department's budget.
Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin raised the issue at a budget hearing, saying that if DeVos hadn't come up with the cut, the person who did should get "a Special Olympic gold medal for insensitivity."
As she did earlier in the week, DeVos argued that the Special Olympics doesn't need federal backing because it's a private organization that raises money from donations.
"I love Special Olympics myself, I have given a portion of my salary to Special Olympics. I hope all of this debate encourages lots of private contributions to Special Olympics," DeVos said Thursday.
She officially used the "I have a black friend" defense.
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She continued, "Let's not use disabled children in a twisted way for your political narrative. That is just disgusting and it's shameful, and I think we should move on from that."
Durbin fired back: "Well Madam Secretary, let me tell you, eliminating $18 million from a $70 or $80 billion budget, I think is shameful, too. I am not twisting it."
Now she is using the new Second Amendment go to whenever people talk about gun control after somebody uses a gun to kill a dozen kids at an undefended school.
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Late Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump disavowed the cuts, saying he had "overridden" DeVos' plans to the contrary.
"The Special Olympics will be funded. I just told my people, I want to fund the Special Olympics and I just authorized a funding of the Special Olympics," Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for a rally in Michigan.
He continued, "I've been to the Special Olympics. I think it's incredible and I just authorized a funding. I heard about it this morning. I have overridden my people. We're funding the Special Olympics."
I have overridden my people. I love it.
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Shortly after Trump's comments, DeVos issued a statement saying that she and the President agree.
"I am pleased and grateful the President and I see eye-to-eye on this issue and that he has decided to fund our Special Olympics grant. This is funding I have fought for behind the scenes over the last several years," DeVos said.
However, DeVos has proposed the elimination twice before and lawmakers have rejected it, appropriating $17.6 million for the Special Olympics last year as part of an overall funding increase for the department.
Hopefully Trump will decide he is done paying back his campaign contributions to DeVos and can her soon. The nation deserves better and I hope the President develops an understanding of this. She's awful.
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Exactly.
Moreover, even soemone who is strongly in favor of the right to bear arms must have an interest in a proper registration of war weaons like fully-automatic guns. Being able to transform semi-automatic guns into fully-automatic ones with a bump stock is a significant security loophole that should be closed.
Those things are sure fun though. Have you ever used one? Its really expensive but empty an AK with an extended magazine with one of those fuckers and you will never want gun control enacted. It feels Murica' as fuck.
Pick one
Recommend the automatic shotgun on top if you can take the recoil.
I remember shooting in Germany, it was like "which .22LR are we gonna use?".
This post was edited by Skinned on Mar 28 2019 07:06pm
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