President declares he has ‘overruled’ staff on Special Olympics, but it’s Congress who will decide
In a curious statement that defies the realities of the federal spending process, President Donald Trump declared Thursday that “the Special Olympics will be funded” because he has “overruled” his own staff who wanted to cut off the federal spigot to the charity.
The Education Department’s fiscal 2020 spending request proposes eliminating $17.6 million for the Special Olympics, and Secretary Betsy DeVos and other Trump surrogates say the charity simply does not need the federal funds.
They also have lashed out at outraged congressional Democrats.
View the complete March 28 article by John T. Bennett on The Roll Call website here.