On the recordMay 19, 2026
grocery prices are up. Gas prices are up. Families across this country are choosing between rent and food. What does this administration do? They just created a $1.7 billion fund, not for working people, but for the President's people. The President confirmed it himself. January 6 insurrectionists, who stormed this very building, can apply. These are the same people he already pardoned. Now, they get a payout as well using taxpayer dollars with no court, no judge, just a commission that the President controls, writing checks to whomever this administration decides deserves one. It amazes me that this President, who has said that we don't have money to provide people with childcare, a President who has said we don't have money to provide people with healthcare, that this President and his administration could somehow find $1.7 billion for compensation for criminals, $1.7 billion in reparations for rioters, $1.7 billion in income for insurrectionists. This is corruption, and the American taxpayer is footing the bill. The American people deserve better.
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