Trump abruptly reverses on cutting the Special Olympics after backlash -- and tries to blame it on hi

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

Trump abruptly reverses on cutting the Special Olympics after backlash — and tries to blame it on his ‘people’
BOB BRIGHAM
28 MAR 2019 AT 16:32 ET

Speaking with reporters outside the White House on the way to his reelection campaign rally in Michigan, Trump vowed that he would reverse course and fund the Special Olympics.

“I have overridden my people,” Trump said.

Earlier on Thursday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said it was Trump who wanted the cuts.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/03/trump-abruptly-reverses-cutting-special-olympics-backlash-tries-blame-people/

[gopiscrap]

1. what a lying pos

you know he ordered "his" people to put it out there

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Trump and Devos throwing each other under the bus?

[sakabatou]

3. He never takes responsibility for anything

[keithbvadu2]

8. 'Personal responsibility' means some other person.

'Personal responsibility' means some other person.

[Judi Lynn]

20. Outstanding 'toon. Thank you. n/t

[Botany]

4. It was just gaslighting.

Change the subject from Barr's cover up and Trump/Russia.

[Bengus81]

28. Yeah...and he got just one day out of it,probably hoping for a week or two......

Welp...back to kicking MILLIONS off of affordable health care.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Trump throws Betsy DeVos under the bus -- says he's 'overridden' her Special Olympics decision

Trump throws Betsy DeVos under the bus — says he’s ‘overridden’ her Special Olympics decision Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead
written by Cody Fenwick March 28, 2019

President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that he has “overridden” his administration’s decision to defund the Special Olympics in its budget.

“The Special Olympics will be funded, I just told my people,” he said.

It was, essentially, a complete betrayal of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who has been under fire since news broke that her department took the funds out of its proposed budget. She has tried to defend the move by attacking the media, but she couldn’t escape the fundamental fact and callousness of what had been done.

Of course, it’s the right thing for the president to reverse the decision. The cut sent a heartless and demeaning message that the administration doesn’t care about the community that participates and celebrates the Special Olympics, even if the organization could get the funding elsewhere.

More:
https://www.alternet.org/2019/03/trump-throws-betsy-devos-under-the-bus-says-hes-overridden-her-special-olympics-decision/?utm_source=push_notifications

[Leghorn21]

9. YEAH BABY - when "Special Olympics" AND "Betsy DeVos" both trended for hours on end the

other day, I said, nope, even a craven loser like Spanky can’t stand looking THIS bad

Good news!

[LisaM]

12. I don't like Betsy DeVos, but even she doesn't need that crap.

She's worth billions (real billions, even if they were earned nefariously), she ought to tell him to take a hike.

[leftynyc]

26. Her reputation is shattered

Like everyone that Donnie touches (with the rare exception of Nikki Haley) DeVos walks away with his stink all over them.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

19. "[I]t's the right thing for the president to reverse the decision [that he had made]."

If Fat Donnie wants to cut off funds from Puerto Rico because they won't worship him, it seems clear he'd do the same for the Special Olympians, who may not only bow down before His Magnificence (as determined by AG Barr's memo), but not even know or care who he is.

Just another step on Red Don's own "Race to the Bottom."

[FakeNoose]

6. Turns out, the TrumpHumpers like the Special Olympics too

Well, who could have known ?

[EveHammond13]

7. My bet: He is still cutting the funds.

[catbyte]

14. They won't get cut. Congress controls the purse strings. He'll just look like an asshole.

Again. Or still, I should say.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Exactly

That proposal would have been DOA in the House but it's good that the sheer gall of even trying it anyway was roundly rejected by the public.

[EveHammond13]

22. Good. Ok. Thank God for small miracles.

[Tech]

10. And cuts to special needs programs?

[moonscape]

11. And Mulvaney skates free ... n/t

[Mendocino]

13. Some other program

will get a cut instead. Nothing ever changes with this clown.

[Maxheader]

15. OH NO!!

A couple of 1%ers in disagreement...Guess which one will have to eat crow?

[DinahMoeHum]

16. Cruella deVos

[RussBLib]

17. Trump can claim he "saved" the Special Olympics

It would not surprise me if he starts saying that the Dems wanted to cut the Special Olympics, but Trump rode to the rescue to save the day.

[Saviolo]

18. The GOP still licking his boots haven't figured it out yet.

This is what Trump means by "loyalty." It means taking the fall for Trump whenever he needs it to happen. It means taking the bullet and the blame for his own unpopular decisions. It only goes in one direction, and if you say something Trump told you to say, and it turns out to be unpopular, it's your fault, and it's your idea. They're damned if they do and damned if they don't, and they don't even see it, yet. "Surely what happened to Betsy won't happen to ME!" (even though it also happened to Flynn, Gorka, Cohen, Sessions, Manafort, Papadopoulos, etc...

[Honeycombe8]

23. Yeah, after Congress rejected it point blank. They couldn't get it, so he saved face. nt

[riversedge]

24. Betsy Devos got Trumped by Trump 'I have overridden my people'

Trump backs off proposed cuts to Special Olympics: 'I have overridden my people'

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/28/trump-special-olympics-1242765

By REBECCA MORIN and NICOLE GAUDIANO

03/28/2019 05:00 PM EDT


President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the federal government will not slash $17.6 million in funding for the Special Olympics — overriding his administration's proposed cuts after they sparked a bipartisan uproar.

"The Special Olympics will be funded, I just told my people, 'I want to fund the Special Olympics,'" the president told reporters outside of the White House ahead of his trip to Michigan. "I have overridden my people."

Responding to Trump’s announcement, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said in a statement: "I am pleased and grateful the President and I see eye to eye on this issue and that he has decided to fund our Special Olympics grant. This is funding I have fought for behind the scenes over the last several years.” POLITICO reported earlier that DeVos had objected to the proposed cut in the past.


Federal money for Special Olympics education programs would be eliminated under the Education Department's fiscal 2020 proposal, but the plan faced little chance of becoming reality. Congress previously rejected plans in the Trump administration's last two budget proposals to eliminate funding for the programs, and instead increased funding to the Special Olympics.

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However, DeVos on Thursday told lawmakers that "I didn't personally get involved" in the decision to propose slashing the funding, under questioning from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)........................

[Aussie105]

25. It's quite simple.

The country is running in the red. And the red numbers are growing by the day. Expenditure exceeds income, type of thing.

Trump has sent the word out to his lackeys that costs need to be trimmed back, and the obvious cutbacks are education, special interest groups like the Special Olympics, and health care.

Once the Great Unwashed have stopped wasting Trump's money (actually the taxpayers' money) he can then focus on things he wants to spend money on. New AF1, a nice big border, a redo of the White House, more tax break gifts for his friends, etc.

Damn inconvenient of the Great Unwashed out there to be such a drain on Trump's money, really.

[C_U_L8R]

27. He would have done nothing

if it weren’t for the public outcry of shame. Still, it could all be a ploy. Believe nothing until the Special Olympics gets its funding.

[kacekwl]

29. Remember people Trump is a liar.

This will be my response every time trump speaks.

[Corgigal]

30. If he gets re-elected

This will be the first thing he will do. He loves burning people, and this issue will be fun for him. While we here on DU can see what he is, he can't wait to show his supporters.