Senate Rejects Bid to Permanently Kill Trump’s $2 Billion Fund as 12 Republicans Break Ranks
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Senate Rejects Bid to Permanently Kill Trump’s $2 Billion Fund as 12 Republicans Break Ranks
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 4
Summary
A Tillis amendment to bar Trump’s nearly $2 billion “anti-weaponization” fund from ever returning and redirect the money to the fraud fund failed in the Senate, with both Republicans and Democrats voting it down.
Twelve Republicans backed the measure, reflecting broad GOP unease over a fund critics fear could benefit people convicted of assaulting police during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
That resistance persisted even after Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the administration would not pursue the fund, because Trump said Wednesday he still loved the idea and was unsure of its fate.
The vote came during the Senate’s marathon push to pass a nearly $70 billion GOP immigration package, and opponents such as Thom Tillis and Bill Cassidy are still pressing for language to block any revival later.