As Twitchy reported earlier, President Donald Trump has issued a temporary freeze on federal grant payments. This led Sen. Chuck Schumer to call it "a dagger at the heart of the average American family" and claim that it would affect hospitals, police departments, firefighters, senior centers, food pantries, mass transit, and more.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez managed to outdo Schumer's doomsday rhetoric. She claimed that Trump was holding all the nation’s hospitals and vital services hostage.
Trump is holding all the nation’s hospitals and vital services hostage to seize power from Congress and hand it over to billionaires.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) January 28, 2025
We must state the truth: this is a constitutional crisis. It’s a massive, illegal power grab that the House and Senate have a sworn duty to stop.
Schumer had claimed that "every one of our offices have been deluged with calls from people who are in panic." Before people start rioting, they should know that this freeze isn't across the board:
New memo from White House says the pause is NOT across the board pic.twitter.com/Z8Rinz9LLx
— Jeff Stein (@JStein_WaPo) January 28, 2025
Hmm … "Any project that provides direct benefits to individuals is not subject to the pause." The memo reads:
Q: Is this a freeze on all Federal financial assistance?
A: No, the pause does not apply across the board. It is expressly limited to programs, projects, and activities implicated by the President's Executive Orders, such as ending DEI, the green new deal, and funding nongovernmental organizations that undermine the national interest.
So, not hospitals and vital services? Got it.
Is that really true AOC? Who told you that?
— Matt Simpson (@mattinator66) January 28, 2025
You don’t speak sense. Hyperbole?
— Jory Allan Farina (@jory_allan) January 28, 2025
That is not true, this is nothing more than the politics of fear on your part.
— WenatcheeRN (@WenatcheeRN) January 28, 2025
Care to elaborate?
— Etrnal (@Etnral) January 28, 2025
She'll probably post a video later in which she makes the same claim.
Yeah I just went to the hospital and it was… no different. No hostages and we got out pretty quickly.
— CoolHandMe (@CoolHandMe33) January 28, 2025
Calm down, Karen. We voted for change and we are getting it. Better get used to it. 🇺🇸
— Robbie Andrew (@RiseOpenEyes) January 28, 2025
Oh shut up. We just went through a four year crisis with y'all Democrats at the wheel
— Stone (@downlowfarming) January 28, 2025
You need a collar that zaps when you spew bullshit.
— 🥜🫃🏼💉🇺🇦🥥Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) January 28, 2025
If only.
First president in our lifetime to get things done. We all can't believe it but it's glorious to witness.
— Tech Hub (@TechHubbb) January 28, 2025
Here's Karoline Leavitt trying to set the press straight so they stop sending people into a panic:
Since the release of the OMB memo, the media has lied claiming that individual assistance grants will be threatened.
— Media Lies (@MediasLies) January 28, 2025
Karoline Leavitt just completely debunked those lies. pic.twitter.com/sDMNQ4fW0m
Stop lying.... everyday with this bullshit
— Dave (@OmniPhysis) January 28, 2025
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