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Trump Forces Self-Promoting Letter Into USDA’s Food Aid Boxes
DHS Officials Told To Give Sympathetic Talking Points About Alleged Kenosha Shooter
We used to laugh about comic-opera
dictators doing shit like this.
Now OUR government does it.
Trump Forces Self-Promoting Letter Into USDA’s Food Aid Boxes
October 1, 2020
President Trump is traveling to Bedminster, New Jersey on Thursday for a roundtable event with supporters and a fundraiser.
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Last week, the Agriculture Department began requiring that boxes of surplus food that are distributed to families in need, which is run by the USDA’s $4 billion Farmers to Families Food Box Program, must also include a letter from the President claiming credit for the program.
According to Politico , the letter is printed on White House letterhead, comes in both English and Spanish, and features Trump’s famous bold signature.
“As President, safeguarding the health and well-being of our citizens is one of my highest priorities,” the letter reads, according to Politico. “As part of our response to coronavirus, I prioritized sending nutritious food from our farmers to families in need throughout America.”
Organizations distributing the food aid boxes through the program, which has sent more than 100 million boxes to those in need since May, are raising concerns that the program is being co-opted as part of Trump’s re-election efforts a month before the November presidential election.
Several organizations have refused to distribute the boxes in light of the Trump-mandated letter requirement, according to Politico.
Politico noted that the Trump administration had gradually begun including letters from the President in USDA’s food boxes over the past few months. However, it was only last week that the USDA mandated the inclusion of the Trump-touting letters in all boxes distributed by companies with government contracts, according to six sources who spoke with Politico.
It’s not the first time that the President has used a similar tactic amid his efforts to bolster his image amid his re-election campaign.
Earlier this year, Trump ensured that his signature was featured in letters for people who received stimulus checks as part of a coronavirus relief package. The President’s name was also printed on the checks.
DHS Officials Told To Give Sympathetic Talking Points About Alleged Kenosha Shooter
Cristina Cabrera, October 1, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse is seen during the third day of
protests over the shooting of a black man Jacob Blake
by police officer in Wisconsin on August 25, 2020.
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
According to NBC News , DHS officials received internal memos directing them to mention while speaking to the media that Rittenhouse “took his rifle to the scene of the rioting to help defend small business owners.”
Other talking points reportedly say that “Kyle was seen being chased and attacked by rioters before allegedly shooting three of them, killing two” and “Subsequent video has emerged reportedly showing that there were ‘multiple gunmen’ involved, which would lend more credence to the self-defense claims.”
NBC News also reported that DHS officials were directed to tell the media they would not comment on an ongoing investigation in response to inquiries about Rittenhouse, then tell the media, “what I will say is that Rittenhouse, just like everyone else in America, is innocent until proven guilty and deserves a fair trial based on all the facts, not just the ones that support a certain narrative. This is why we try the accused in the court of law, not the star chamber of public opinion.”
A DHS spokesperson told NBC News that the department “does not comment on alleged leaked documents.”
President Donald Trump has refused to condemn Rittenhouse, stating instead that the shootings were an “interesting situation” and suggested, as the DHS memos do, that the teen acted out of self-defense.
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What is it about Donald J. Trump that his supporters see in him?
I put that letter to good use during the toilet paper shortage.
It is s-o-o-o childish! He embarrasses me.
Speaking of a twofer... here are Kellyanne Conway and Bill Barr at Thursday's Rose Garden event for Amy Comey Barrett also attended by Chris Christie and a slew of ranking gop officials. Are they that dumb?
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I may not be The Smartest Man Ever butt I am smart enough not to get the damn Rona Virus!
The gop is spitting in faces at a garden party.
Since the virus is just a hoax, there's no risk.
It will be interesting to watch the experiment of this young shooter's life play out. Because he went looking for and found a 'conflict' of his own making, he will always remember it. After one fashion or the other.
So when we give food away to foreign countries the bags say "USAID from the American People" but in the US it says "from President Donald Trump"?