Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama. She cheered on Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency and its mission to “shake up” Washington. But Trump’s budget cuts put more than $518 million in NIH medical research grants at risk — funding that directly benefits institutions in her state like the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Now, Britt is calling for a “smart, targeted approach” to spending cuts, which basically means she doesn’t want the cuts to impact her constituents. (Jen Psaki)
NOT IN MY BACKWOOD STATE, WE ARE REDDER THAN THE BLOOD OF THE BLUE STATES, SCREW THEM NOT MY STATE.
Rep. Tracey Mann of Kansas. He joined the House DOGE caucus back in November, saying he intended to help Trump “get our fiscal house back in order.” Now he is introducing legislation to save the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Food for Peace program, which purchases over $700 million in crops from American farmers to help fight hunger abroad. (Jen Psaki)
YA’ALL GOTTA BE BAT SHIT CRAZY MY CONSITUENTS HATE THE SAME FOLKS’ AS YOU, WE ARE AS BACKWOODS AS IT COMES, DON’T BLEED US DRY JUST THE BLUE STATES.
Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina, who adamantly supported DOGE just last week, is now suddenly very concerned about preserving NIH grants for Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. (Jen Psaki)
BLOODY HELL, NOT MY RED VOTING STATE, NOT OUR BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS JOBS, WE GAVE YOU ELECTORAL VOTES, AND NOW YOU ARE DRAINING OUR BLOOD, DO IT TO THE BLUE STATES.
