Trump $1.776 Billion “Weaponization” Fund

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“… The session’s votes allowed GOP senators in competitive election fights this fall—including Susan Collins of Maine, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Jon Husted of Ohio and Ashley Moody of Florida—to register their objections to the fund without derailing a bill that is a priority for Trump and the party.

… Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) initially said he wouldn’t support the immigration-enforcement legislation unless it included language to kill the fund. But later he made clear that protecting politically vulnerable colleagues was his priority ahead of a midterm election in which Republicans are trying to preserve their 53-47 majority. He and Bill Cassidy (R., La.), a fellow outspoken opponent of the fund, ultimately voted for the bill.…”
 
nycfan said:
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🎁 https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...4?st=AZRV3g&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

“… The session’s votes allowed GOP senators in competitive election fights this fall—including Susan Collins of Maine, Dan Sullivan of Alaska, Jon Husted of Ohio and Ashley Moody of Florida—to register their objections to the fund without derailing a bill that is a priority for Trump and the party.

… Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) initially said he wouldn’t support the immigration-enforcement legislation unless it included language to kill the fund. But later he made clear that protecting politically vulnerable colleagues was his priority ahead of a midterm election in which Republicans are trying to preserve their 53-47 majority. He and Bill Cassidy (R., La.), a fellow outspoken opponent of the fund, ultimately voted for the bill.…”
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What does "registered objections" mean ? Did Collins, Sullivan, and Husted vote "no" on the bill ? Or does this mean they can go home and tell voters they voted for the bill but registered an "objection" to the slush fund ?
 
heelinhell said:
What does "registered objections" mean ? Did Collins, Sullivan, and Husted vote "no" on the bill ? Or does this mean they can go home and tell voters they voted for the bill but registered an "objection" to the slush fund ?
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They voted for an amendment to the bill to remove the slush fund but that amendment failed (but it failed because other GOP members agreed to vote against the amendment so these three in tough reelection campaigns could say they voted against the slush fund). Then they voted for the bill that includes the slush fund.
 
nycfan said:
They voted for an amendment to the bill to remove the slush fund but that amendment failed (but it failed because other GOP members agreed to vote against the amendment so these three in tough reelection campaigns could say they voted against the slush fund). Then they voted for the bill that includes the slush fund.
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So I guess they were against the slush fund before they were for it ...Flip Flop !
 
I wonder what it is like to be the utter humiliated betas that Cornwyn and Kennedy are - to be utterly whooped by Trump and come back for more. I know some people are into that, and no judgement, but I just can't fathom what that is like.
 
altmin said:
I wonder what it is like to be the utter humiliated betas that Cornwyn and Kennedy are - to be utterly whooped by Trump and come back for more. I know some people are into that, and no judgement, but I just can't fathom what that is like.
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NBC interview transcript:

“…
KRISTEN WELKER:

Just to be very clear, are you backing off the fund completely as your acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has said, or are you looking for another avenue to revive the fund?

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

So let — let me explain what the fund is. People have been hurt so badly by radical left lunatics that worked for the Biden administration and Sleepy Joe. They’re vicious. They’re violent, what they did to people. And of course they went after me more than anybody else. They raided Mar-a-Lago and all the other things. But people have been badly hurt. They’ve committed suicide. They’ve lost their jobs. They’re lost their families. They’ve lost their wives. They’ve lost everything. They’ve lost everything over a fake weaponization of government. Now, let me just tell you –

KRISTEN WELKER:

So are you looking for a way to revive it?


PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

Well, look. If it was up to me, I’d pay them the kind of money that they deserve. People have been destroyed. Lives have been destroyed. Many suicides, think of it. People have committed suicide because a bunch of thugs went after them.

KRISTEN WELKER:

You don’t –

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

So me, personally, I think the weaponization fund is a great idea, and so do many other Republicans. You have to get it approved. If they get it approved, that’s great. If they don’t get it approved, I’d be disappointed.

KRISTEN WELKER:

All right. We’re going to motor through this.

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

But you have to understand, people have — have been destroyed by crooked politicians, and they should be reimbursed for that.

KRISTEN WELKER:

Do you think anyone who attacked police officers on January 6th should get taxpayer money?

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

I wouldn’t be inclined to say so, but I have to see it. I can tell you this: 97% of those people, you look at them, the FBI or whoever it was, cause you had a lot of crooked cops, you had dirty cops. Comey was a dirty cop.

KRISTEN WELKER:

Well, there is no evidence to –

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

A guy like Bolton was a dirty cop –

KRISTEN WELKER:

But there is no evidence that-- but there’s no evidence that people who –

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Oh, you think Comey was a straight cop?

KRISTEN WELKER:

We had 170 people who pleaded guilty to assaulting police officers.


PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

Comey was a dirty cop.

KRISTEN WELKER:

No, no, but the people who assaulted police officers.

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

They had FBI — listen to me. They had FBI agents ushering them into the building. They had FBI “Go into the building.” Those people are walking around, they’re looking, “Oh, isn’t this nice?” They weren’t in-- they were being ushered into the building.


KRISTEN WELKER:

There’s no evidence of that, sir. There’s no evidence of that.

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

You had a bunch of dirty cops, and frankly, what they did was weaponization of our government.

KRISTEN WELKER:

But sir, there-- there’s no evidence of that. More than a thousand people pleaded guilty to crimes –


PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

No, well, yeah, no, there’s none. You know what they do?

KRISTEN WELKER:

Would you –

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

Try looking at the tapes one time.…”

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Read the transcript: President Donald Trump interviewed by NBC News’ ‘Meet the Press’ moderator Kristen Welker

Trump spoke about the war with Iran, the “anti-weaponization” fund, the economy, recent elections in California and more in June 2026 interview.
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“…
PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

They pled guilty because they were frightened. They went down. They were ushered into a building. Many of them were arrested without even going into the building.

KRISTEN WELKER:

You’d be okay with them receiving taxpayer dollars?

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

The people were destroyed by dirty cops and by weaponization. Many of those people should be compensated. Now, with that being said, the, as I understand it, the weaponization fund was going to set up a group of people, people that could be picked by anybody, fair people, smart people, and they will go on an individual case basis.


KRISTEN WELKER:

Okay.

PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

Now, I don’t know what’s going to happen with the weaponization fund. I love the idea, because people like you, the fake dirty press, the crooked press, people like stupid Biden, he’s not smart enough to know what’s going on, but people that surrounded him, surrounded his beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, what they did to the lives of people, they destroyed people. They sent people to jail who did nothing wrong.

KRISTEN WELKER:

All right, this is, just to be very clear, there’s no evidence of what you’re saying, but let me ask about Todd Blanche.


PRES. DONALD TRUMP:

There’s a lot of evidence….”
 
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