Trump Backs Off Proposal To Cut Special Olympics Funding

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a phone conversation with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto on trade in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 27, 2018. - President Don... US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a phone conversation with Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto on trade in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 27, 2018. - President Donald Trump said Monday the US had reached a "really good deal" with Mexico and talks with Canada would begin shortly on a new regional free trade pact."It's a big day for trade. It's a really good deal for both countries," Trump said."Canada, we will start negotiations shortly. I'll be calling their prime minister very soon," Trump said.US and Mexican negotiators have been working for weeks to iron out differences in order to revise the nearly 25-year old North American Free Trade Agreement, while Canada was waiting to rejoin the negotiations. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

March 28, 2019 4:35 p.m.

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President Donald Trump says he is backing off a budget request to cut funding for the Special Olympics, after days of criticism.

Trump told reporters at the White House Thursday, “I’ve overridden my people for funding the Special Olympics.”

The Trump administration’s education budget proposal calls for the elimination of $17.6 million in funding for the Special Olympics, roughly 10 percent of the group’s overall revenue.

Democrats pressed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on the topic during a Senate budget hearing Thursday, just days after House Democrats grilled her on the proposal and sparked criticism online.

DeVos said she “wasn’t personally involved” in pushing for elimination of the funding, but she defended it as her agency seeks to cut $7 billion from the 2020 budget.

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occamscoin says:

March 28, 2019

“We can save money by putting the kids in cages instead.”
fgs says:

March 28, 2019

He also promised not to make fun of the athletes.
irasdad says:

March 28, 2019

“After days of pressure, Trump says he’s backing off his budget request cutting funding for Special Olympics.”

Donald J. Trump: Champion of the Disabled!™
riverstreet says:

March 28, 2019

I don’t believe for one second that Trump could name 10 items in the proposed budget - an actual name of a program, so “Social Security” and “Defense Spending” wouldn’t count.
rickjones says:

March 28, 2019

Do NOT fuck with us again!

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