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...the city of Asheville, NC cut a program meant to aid female and minority contractors from its request for funding.

Now before I post a snip from the article image for a moment how republicans would have reacted if President Biden refused to release relief funds in a red state unless they first implemented a specific gun control measure.

During the presidential campaign, Trump repeatedly used the devastation Helene wrought on North Carolina to spread lies and conspiracy theories about the Biden administration’s recovery efforts. In a speech in January, Trump claimed he’d be “taking strong action to get North Carolina the support that you need to quickly recover and rebuild,” and he specifically named Asheville as “a great place, and we’re going to have it be a great place again.”

“Strong action” apparently comes with some strings attached. Because on Monday, Trump’s secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Scott Turner, denounced Asheville’s 125-page funding plan because of one line, in a section touting the plan’s benefits for vulnerable populations, that said some of the funds to support small businesses would help the city “prioritize assistance for Minority and Women Owned Businesses (MWBE) within the scoring criteria outlined within the policies and procedures.”

King Donald is using disaster recovery funding to bring communities to heel and force his political will on left-leaning local governments that may not otherwise accept it... like a little-handed dictator.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-makes-ashev...

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