Multiple sources are reporting that Trump is abandoning his $1.8 billion slush fund/”weaponization fund” because Republicans actually found an iota of testicular fortitude.
Funding for Trump’s weaponization slush fund was tied to a bill that would pay $70 billion to immigration enforcement agencies. In a vote-a-rama, Democrats could have added a multitude of amendments, which would force Republicans to vote on the record whether they supported or opposed the weaponization fund.
Turns out, it was looking like a political liability.
Ted Cruz affirmed last week that about half of the Senate GOP were not in support of the slush fund.
Mike Johnson met with Trump Monday morning, while Thune jingled change in his pockets, saying he hoped the administration would shut down the slush fund so the Republicans wouldn’t have to vote on it.
Thune seemed to think they could pass a reconciliation bill on immigration if the slush fund wasn’t attached to it, and is crossing his fingers that Trump won’t try to reignite the slush fund after an immigration bill is passed.
Meanwhile, the Department of (In)Justice threw in its two-cents worth, disagreeing with a court decision to shut down the Weaponization Slush Fund — but agreeing to abide by the decision.
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