Bernie Sanders condemns Trump for federal loans and grants freeze: ‘He is not a king’
www.theguardian.com
Senator denounces order to pause all funding and says it’ll have ‘devastating impact’ on ‘most vulnerable people’ in US

Summary

Senator Bernie Sanders condemned Trump’s order to freeze all federal loans and grants, calling it a “dangerous move towards authoritarianism” and “blatantly unconstitutional.”

The directive, exempting Social Security and Medicare, is expected to impact universities, nonprofits, food assistance programs, health centers, and disabled veterans.

Sanders emphasized that Congress holds the “power of the purse” and urged Americans to oppose the order.

Attorneys general are preparing legal challenges to overturn the freeze.

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
    1169·
    2 days ago

    Republicans, everyone who voted for him and everyone who decided to not vote or to vote for third parties all decided that he should be king.

    • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
      383·
      2 days ago

      Absolutely. There are also Dems in Congress/Senate that have been voting yea to his bills. It’s disgusting.

      • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
        254·
        2 days ago

        “Yeah, every single Republican hates us and are openly corrupt, but like 2 Dems (usually caucusing Independents) are also bad.”

        • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
          82·
          2 days ago

          Im not understanding what you’re trying to say. There are five or so Democrats voting for Trumps antics. And yes, all the Republicans vote down the line, that’s what they do.

    • kmartburrito@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 days ago

      100% this. He’s going to operate as a king, and remove anyone in his way that disagrees. He will take every concession afforded to him by the spineless Republican party and some spineless Dems also.

    • Majorllama@lemmy.world
      147·
      2 days ago

      Many people that voted for Bernie in 2016 voted for Trump in 2024. Many people eople who voted for Trump in 2024 also voted for AOC down ballot.

      The Democratic party has basically made every single mistake they could possibly make in the last 8 years. To lost to fuckin Trump not once but twice is fuckin embarrassing.

      Let’s see if they learn anything by 2028. I doubt they will but here’s to hoping.

    • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
      86·
      2 days ago

      I’m pretty sure that people who didn’t vote or voted for other candidates didn’t decide he should be king, kind of by definition.

      • Eldritch@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        1 day ago

        To quote rush

        You can choose a ready guide in some celestial voice \ if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world
        153·
        2 days ago

        Nah they saw the choices and didn’t care to participate in any meaningful way so they can’t just wash their hands of the choice they made.

        • thefartographer@lemm.ee
          114·
          2 days ago

          “If you don’t want to eat your vegetables, then you can go to bed without dinner. Which do you want, vegetables or bed?”

          “I WANT ICE CREAM!”

          “That’s it! GO TO YOUR ROOM!”

          “I DIDN’T VOTE FOR THIS!”

        • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
          72·
          2 days ago

          I mean, Harris got more votes than Biden did in the majority of the swing states. It’s okay to lay the blame squarely on the people who, you know, actually chose Trump.