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Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Peter Doocy asked Vice President JD Vance if a recent pause of federal funds for New York infrastructure was meant to punish Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for shutting down the government.
“The administration announced today that $18 billion bound for New York transportation projects is going to be frozen so it can’t go to DEI programs there. But the timing of this—does announcing that today mean that you guys are going to squeeze Chuck Schumer’s home state until he’s gone?” Doocy asked Vance during a White House press briefing.
“Look, I haven’t talked to Russ [Vought] about this this morning, but look, I’m sure that Russ is heartbroken about the fact that he’s unable to give certain things to certain constituencies,” Vance replied, adding: We want to do everything that we can to help the American people, but when the Democrats shut down the government, we have to actually do a little triage to make sure the most critical and most essential services are provided. The government does a lot of things. Of course, Republicans think that the federal government probably does too much, but there are a lot of critical things the federal government does that absolutely all of us would agree need to be done. Our troops need to get paid. Our air traffic controllers need to make sure that people are flying safely and on time. We need low-income people to be able to access the food services that are provided by the federal government. There are critical things that need to be saved. We’re going to do everything that we can over the coming weeks, if the shutdown lasts that long, to ensure that people get the essential services that they need despite the fact that Chuck Schumer has shut down the federal government. It’s not going to be perfect because we are in a government shutdown. We are going to have to lay some people off if the shutdown continues. We don’t like that. We don’t necessarily want to do it, but we’re going to do what we have to do to keep the American people’s essential services continuing to run.
Do you think freezing New York’s funds is justified during the shutdown, or is it an unfair political move against Chuck Schumer? Comment your thoughts below — let’s hear your take.
Source: @WhiteHouse
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