Proposal to rename new Pell Grants after Trump sparks opposition: What to know

[douglas9]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A proposal to brand a new type of federal Pell Grant as “Trump Grants” has sparked pushback from Rhode Island lawmakers who want the program to retain the name of its creator — the state’s longest-serving U.S. senator.

The name change is currently tucked inside a House spending bill for the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for the upcoming fiscal year.

Rhode Island’s congressional delegation this week argued that the proposal would “erase Senator Pell’s name from a program that has uplifted generations and replace it with a President whose record on education is defined by cuts and dismantlement is a profound insult to that legacy.”

Here’s what you need to know.

Pell grants have long been a fixture of federal student aid
Created as a way to promote access to education, Pell grants are special scholarships reserved for undergraduates and other students with the most significant financial need. Rhode Island’s longstanding former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, a Democrat, was pivotal in getting the program enacted in 1973


https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5521596-pell-grants-trump-rhode-island/

[Ocelot II]

1. Renamed for Trump, only White male Christians who don't need the money will be eligible.

[The Madcap]

2. If you really want to be repulsed

Go look at the 2026-2027 FAFSA page with its unbelievable bragging about the "early release" of the form. Also, see its classless ragging on Joe Biden for the issues the updated form has had the last couple of years post-covid. It's truly sickening.

[Trueblue1968]

9. I want him gone .... As forever gone. As in cold to the touch gone. Please make it so.

[PittBlue]

3. Please do not keep naming things after him.

He deserves nothing.

[Jerry2144]

4. I can think of a couple things that should be named for him

Such as the scientific name for the mound of dried poop discovered at the bottom of an ancient outhouse. He OSS the Korrupt Korpulent Koprolite so this continues that honor for him

[PittBlue]

6. I'm perfectly fine with that.

Thank you.

[jls4561]

5. Like students are going to brag "I've been awarded a Pedo grant".

[Tommy Carcetti]

7. So what city is in line to be renamed Trumpgrad? nt

[Silent Type]

8. If it's a new program that helps students, I'd support it even if named "trump grants." I'd take universal healthcare

too -- if a decent program -- even if named "trumpcare." Might not like the name, but we need the programs.

[newdeal2]

10. The "I love the poorly educated" Award

[Totally Tunsie]

11. Always were PELL; always should be PELL.

RI will put up a fight. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will see to it that the state's six-term Senator Pell will retain all that honors him. This feisty little state doesn't put up with dump's interference lightly.

Why the hell does there have to be one more fistful of crap thrown against the walls every day? It's getting so damn tiresome, and is what I most remember and hate from man-baby's first term.

[SamKnause]

12. That bloated, orange, vile, sniveling, whiny, evil piece of shit wants the whole world named after him.