Trump Backed Off Slashing Funding For The Special Olympics After Facing Backlash
President Trump said Thursday he had reversed a proposal by his administration to slash funding for the Special Olympics after it sparked outrage.
“The Special Olympics will be funded," Trump told reporters at the White House."I just authorized the funding of the Special Olympics. I have overridden my people.” The decision came after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos blasted the media on Wednesday for having “spun up falsehoods and fully misrepresented the facts” about the controversy.in a statement. “Because of its important work, it is able to raise more than $100 million every year."
The proposal to cut the roughly $18 million the federal government sends the Special Olympics came as part of a budget proposal from the administration to cut $7 billion in Education Department spending. Some viral tweets had suggested the funding cuts were a fait accompli, but the entire budget proposal in fact has little to no chance of ever passing Congress.Jon Passantino is the Los Angeles bureau chief for BuzzFeed News.
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