“Of all Trump's corrupt schemes, his insurrectionist slush fund is one of the most depraved. This ruling is an important win — but the fight is far from over. Democrats will keep fighting in the courts and in Congress to make sure this $2 billion giveaway to cop beaters, criminals, and MAGA cronies never sees the light of day.
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“Trump's strategy is simple: if he can't win voters, he'll silence them — and now a MAGA judge is enabling him.
“Trump's order is not about election integrity. It is voter suppression, plain and simple. Democrats will do everything in our power to ensure that every American can exercise their right to vote.
“He sued the government he runs, had his own DOJ settle the case and pocketed the prize: special IRS protection for the Trump family. That is self-dealing with a government seal.
“As working families shorten their grocery lists as they struggle to make ends meet, Donald Trump has added a nearly two-billion-dollar slush fund for his MAGA allies and January 6th insurrectionists to his wish list of pet projects he wants to fund with taxpayer dollars.
“Vote by vote, Democrats are breaking through Republicans' wall of silence on Trump's illegal war. For more than 80 days, Trump has dragged America into a costly, chaotic conflict with no plan, no objective, and no legal authority. Today proved our pressure is working: Republicans are starting to crack, and momentum is building to check him.
“Trump has weaponized the Department of Justice as his personal law office, targeted his perceived political enemies. It is a blatant and obvious conflict for the President to be able to use the administration as his own personal ATM.
“Moody's downgrade of the United States' credit rating should be a wake-up call to Trump and Congressional Republicans to end their reckless pursuit of their deficit-busting tax giveaway. Republicans are hell-bent on a multi-trillion tax cut for the ultra-wealthy, leading to nothing but higher prices, more debt, and fewer jobs.
“The Republican bill would pump tens of billions of dollars into ICE and Border Patrol without any guardrails... At a time when Americans are struggling to put food on the table, Republicans say 'let them eat cake'... This staggering waste of taxpayer dollars has nothing, nothing to do with security and everything to do with Trump's ego. The American people are calling out for help, but these Ballroom Republicans have a constituency of one: Donald Trump's ego.
“Over a month of unnecessary pain for millions of Americans brought to you by the House GOP.
“King Charles's speech should serve as a reminder to President Trump that friends and allies matter. America's strength has always come from its partnerships, not from turning its back on them.
“Republicans want to shell out billions of dollars to Donald Trump's private army without any common-sense restraints or reforms.
“This will be a reconciliation of contrasts, and we are relishing that fight.
“The Trump administration is waging a vindictive campaign against the organizations that safeguard our democracy. Weaponizing the DOJ to indict long-standing watchdogs is a message: if you defend voting rights, fight white supremacy, or protect civil rights, you're next. This is an assault on the institutions that make freedom real for everyone. They will not succeed.
“Throughout all this miasma, all this mess, this horrible war, where are the Senate Republicans?
“It is such a blatant and obvious conflict for the President to be able to use the administration as his own personal ATM.
“This is one of the very worst military and foreign policy actions that the United States has ever taken. Congress must reassert its authority, especially at this dangerous moment. No president, Democrat or Republican, should take this country to war alone. Not now. Not ever. All of this happens when one man, especially a man acting as unhinged as Donald Trump, has unchecked power to wage war.
“I'm glad Trump backed off and is desperately searching for any sort of exit ramp from his ridiculous bluster. But two weeks is not a peace deal — it's a pause. Congress still needs to weigh in on whether this country goes back to war or finds a way out of one the president started without authorization.
“Each Republican who refuses to join us in voting against this wanton war of choice owns every consequence of whatever the hell this is. An extremely sick person is in charge of the United States.
“As you head off to church and celebrate with friends and family, the President of the United States is ranting like an unhinged madman on social media, threatening possible war crimes and alienating allies.
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