Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s budget outline is “dead on arrival” and that proposed cuts to State Department funding “would be a disaster.”
“It’s dead on arrival. It’s not going to happen. It would be a disaster,” Graham said.
He said that if Trump limits the State Department’s ability to exercise “soft power” he is “never going to win the war.”
“What’s most disturbing about the cut in the State Department’s budget, it shows a lack of understanding,” Graham said.
Sen. Graham on Trump budget proposal for State Dept. budget cut: “It’s dead on arrival. It’s not going to happen. It would be a disaster.” pic.twitter.com/EeRNr6Gcmy
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) February 28, 2017
White House budget officials said on Monday that Trump’s upcoming budget will impose cuts on domestic programs and foreign aid to balance a $54 billion increase in defense spending.
More than 100 retired generals and admirals asked House and Senate leaders in a letter on Monday to “ensure that resources for the International Affairs Budget keep pace with the growing global threats and opportunities we face.”
“The State Department, USAID, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Peace Corps and other development agencies are critical to preventing conflict and reducing the need to put our men and women in uniform in harm’s way,” the letter reads. “Now is not the time to retreat.”
Read the letter below:
HAHAHAHAHAHA! Dems need to get their LOUD on. Sure, it might seem like we can sit back and let his own fellow GOPers shit all over Trump for us…like here…but we can’t.
Every. Single. Nail. Must. Be. Pounded. Home.
Now, where the fuck is Chucky?
NO QUARTER.
So will the Pres. then declaim Congress as ‘fake’ representatives and Senators?
Stand in line, son: We, the people, have been saying THAT for at least eight years.
Ouch, that has to sting.
I can’t believe how much I’ve jumped onto Team Lindsey over the past year. No, I don’t agree with much of what he believes but he’s been a consistent voice of reason - perhaps the sole voice of reason - coming from the GOP.
I’ve called and faxed him a few times over the past month. Time to do it again.
Office: (202) 224-5972
Fax: (202) 224-3808
(in case there are still some who haven’t tried this yet, send a free fax using https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php )