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Trump is stealing money from our military and their families to fund his unnecessary and ineffective border wall -- and no surprise, it’s not playing well.
North Carolina will lose nearly $80 million to fund Trump’s wall, including from Camp Lejeune and Fort Bragg, two places he promised in 2016 he would provide more resources to. newsobserver.com/news/politics-…
Florida and Puerto Rico will lose nearly $420 million in recovery funding for last year’s devastating hurricanes, including money set aside to help rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base, which Trump promised he would make “better than ever.” tampabay.com/florida-politi…
In Wisconsin, Trump is cutting $8 million from military bases to fund the wall he repeatedly promised Wisconsin voters that Mexico would pay for. madison.com/news/local/gov…
Trump is stealing $125 million from New Mexico military bases. abqjournal.com/1361883/125m-f…
And he is taking $30 million from Arizona after Martha McSally promised Arizonans she had received assurances from the White House that key projects in their state would not lose funding. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…
South Carolina will lose $11 million that had been designated for building a new fire station at a local military base that is currently in the path of Hurricane Dorian. mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…
Trump is even taking more than half a billion dollars away from schools and child care centers at military U.S. bases, affecting military families in Kentucky, Maryland, and Puerto Rico, as well as those currently stationed overseas. politico.com/newsletters/mo…
