GOP senator says Special Olympics cuts will not be approved

[babylonsister]

GOP senator says Special Olympics cuts will not be approved
By Chris Mills Rodrigo - 03/27/19 03:04 PM EDT


Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that determines Department of Education funding levels, on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration's proposed cuts to the Special Olympics.

"I’m a longtime supporter of the Special Olympics and proud that Missouri is home to the largest Special Olympics training facility in the world," Blunt said in a statement.

"I was just at the World Games and saw, as I have many times before, what a huge impact the organization has on athletes, their families, and their communities. Our Department of Education appropriations bill will not cut funding for the program," he added.

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[malaise]

1. The very idea of cutting funds to the Special Olympics speaks to the cruelty

associated with the vile MAGAcretin and his goons.

They cannot disgust me any further.

Fuck the collective pack.

[babylonsister]

2. I thought my outrage meter had reached it's peak. I was wrong. nt

[malaise]

4. Ditto

[FrankBooth]

7. You have to replace your outrage meter

With an outrage odometer. And by the end of this nightmare we're gonna be like an old Datsun truck at 350K miles.

[Golden Raisin]

14. With this disgusting regime there is no bottom.

There is no bar low enough. No lowest common denominator low enough.

[AllaN01Bear]

28. mine has been burnt out since 2000

tilt.

[diva77]

34. +1000 this!!

[CentralMass]

26. Well ssid.

[malaise]

29. Chris Hayes begins with the cruelty of the Con's agenda

Killing health care and cutting funds from education and special olympics

[gratuitous]

3. Is the president's "budget" DOA?

Some Unserious Persons were saying that last week, but the media didn't want to hear them. Sounds like some other people are saying it now, too.

[mwooldri]

15. Yup, El Trumpo's budget is dead. Dems in the house!

The House has to approve any budget and with cuts to things like Special Olympics... those cuts won't see the light of day.

[Leghorn21]

5. Ah, good, now how many of the other 50 GOP Senators stand with Roy??!

Hello??
Anybody?
We’re waiting patiently, COWARDS

[Tech]

6. And special education funding?

[AllyCat]

8. They'll do the cuts. They just need to figure out messaging

Before they cut it.

[Shrike47]

9. The Defense Dept. apparently has a billion to spare for the wall. Cut their budget by a billion.

[Kurt V.]

10. K&R boy blunt comes thru

[watoos]

22. Because Missouri makes money off the Special Olympics.

[Kurt V.]

23. of course

[llmart]

33. And make no mistake about it, that's the only reason he's opposed to it.

[progressoid]

11. Five Trump trips to Mar-a-Lago would cover Betsy Devos's proposed Special Olympics cuts

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/27/five-trump-trips-mar-a-lago-would-cover-betsy-devoss-proposed-special-olympics-cuts/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3ee3dcba2fe3

It’s worth putting those difficult decisions in context.

The Education Department budgeted $17,583,000 for the Special Olympics this fiscal year, an amount that obviously exceeds the average American’s annual income. It’s also an amount that constitutes about a tenth of the Special Olympics’ total budget.

It is also an amount that’s about equivalent to the cost of the president’s last five trips to Mar-a-Lago, a period that stretches back to Thanksgiving.

Last month, we reported on new data from the Government Accountability Office which determined that Trump’s trips to his private club in Florida cost taxpayers about $3.4 million apiece, largely as a function of transporting the president and support material to the state. Looking at it another way, the federal government had spent about as much on getting Trump to Mar-a-Lago by his second month in office as DeVos now wants to cut from supporting the Special Olympics.

[diva77]

17. This should be an OP!!

[progressoid]

41. Done.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211966140

[diva77]

43. Thanks!

[malaise]

38. Great post

I agree - it should be an OP

[progressoid]

40. OK...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211966140

[bluecollar2]

12. If it's the president's budget proposal

It is by definition a republican proposal.

It is important that we continue to link the party and the individual who they support.

[redstatebluegirl]

13. This shows just how cruel and out of touch this entire administration really is.

[DoctorJoJo]

16. I'm Waiting to Hear Billy Barr's Report On This!

[KansasKali]

18. This is just a distraction.

Now the republicans can save special olympics.

[SWBTATTReg]

19. Cruel. Oftentimes, families w/ special needs kids can't afford much else, since so much of ...

their income goes to helping their special needs kid(s), as well as the rest of the family.

The Special Olympics is a way to honor and cherish these kids and their families too, for their struggle and efforts. They deserve it.

I remember when my folks found out my disability was that I was profoundly hard of hearing ... they could only afford only 1 hearing aid (I needed two) but they did the best they could (amazing too, with 3 other kids (my siblings)).

I commend Mr. Blunt for his statement in support of the Special Olympics.

[Oldtimeralso]

20. Remember Hitler got rid of the disabled as one of his first moves.

As person who has several disabilities, I am worried that the trumpeters will view a disability as a burden on the government.
PS the cost of my prescriptions in March was 8 and 1/2 times the amount I paid in February. WTF

[Blue_Tires]

21. We'll see...

Link to tweet

[3catwoman3]

31. Maybe she could sell...

...one of her yachts. Just one ought to do it. That would leave her with what, 9? Should be enough.

[Sherman A1]

24. Good

hope that more will follow.

[Honeycombe8]

25. That's good, but it's because he has a special interest in it. It makes money for his state.

Is there anyone who doesn't have an angle?

[AllaN01Bear]

27. eggscllent . betsy devos must go.

[Kingofalldems]

30. GOP and Trump own this now.

Make sure all of America knows.

[3catwoman3]

32. It chafes me no end to see the placard in front...

...of DeVos that reads “The Honorable Betsy DeVos.”

Honorable is the last thing she is.

[durablend]

42. I can think of another word

Five letters and I won't repeat it....

[Wounded Bear]

35. Predictable...Repubs to the rescue...

We're gonna save the Special Olympics!

[allgood33]

36. Maybe not. But the fact that the GOP-loving-Trump proposed it ought to be enough to make a lot

of people see just what these folks are.

[Ilsa]

37. What about the other programs that help

Students with autism, training for teachers and aides, programs for gifted?

[malaise]

39. They have money for private charter schools

Remember that