The Trump administration’s threat to cut nearly $8 billion in clean energy funding across a swath of states that voted against President Donald Trump in the 2024 elections set off a chorus of criticism from Democrats accusing the administration of abusing its power.
White House budget chief Russ Vought’s social media post on X on Wednesday promising the administration would cancel the “Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda” in 16 states was the latest lashing out by the Trump administration against Democratic lawmakers in the budget fight that has shut the federal government.
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