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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts) Thu Sep 17, 2020, 08:36 PM Sep 2020

'Vast majority' of funding promised by Trump for Kenosha can't be used for recovery

Baldwin, Evers say

MADISON, Wisconsin - Tens of millions in new federal funding promised by President Donald Trump for Kenosha, Wisconsin, can't be used to rebuild the city, Gov. Tony Evers and Sen. Tammy Baldwin wrote Thursday in a letter to the president.

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In fact, just $1 million of the more than $40 million promised for Kenosha is new and none can be used for rebuilding buildings or businesses, according to the officials.

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During a roundtable meeting with Attorney General Bill Barr and Homeland Security Director Chad Wolf, Trump announced his administration was dedicating more than $40 million to Wisconsin to rebuild from the unrest, including $4 million for Kenosha businesses that experienced damage and more money to prosecute crimes.

But Baldwin and Evers say the $4 million for small businesses was already earmarked by the federal relief bill known as the CARES Act for coronavirus pandemic-related losses, and can't be used for other purposes.

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Of the $41 million announced by Trump and Barr on Sept. 1 for law enforcement, nearly all of it was already on its way to the state before the Kenosha unrest, according to the Democratic officials.

"In fact, it seems the only new funding you announced in Kenosha is $1 million for Kenosha law enforcement," Baldwin and Evers wrote. "Kenosha and Wisconsin will need a more robust federal response than you have already announced."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/vast-majority-of-funding-promised-by-trump-for-kenosha-cant-be-used-for-recovery-baldwin-evers-say/ar-BB199rqk?li=BBnb7Kz

Such lying sacks of shit aren't they.