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BumRushDaShow

(167,521 posts)
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 06:00 AM Feb 6

Trump cuts funds for EVs, health in blue states

Source: The Hill

02/05/26 6:02 PM ET


The Trump administration is rescinding a total of $1.5 billion in health and transportation funds from multiple blue states, a spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) confirmed Thursday.

The OMB directed the Transportation Department to rescind $943 million from Colorado, Illinois, California and Minnesota, and it directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to rescind $602 million from those states.

The Transportation funds are mostly for electric vehicle chargers but also include other projects such as green buses. The CDC funds would have gone toward state and local health grants that the administration feels are too “woke.” The funding rescissions were first reported by the New York Post.

The targeted Transportation programs include: $100 million for deployment of electric vehicle chargers in Illinois near underserved communities; $15 million for Minneapolis and St. Paul to deploy chargers in low-income and high pollution areas; $15 million for a network across the San Francisco Bay area with an emphasis on disadvantaged communities; and $4.9 million for Colorado to install charging stations in low- and middle-income neighborhoods.

Read more: https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/5725615-trump-cuts-funds-for-evs-health-in-blue-states/

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Trump cuts funds for EVs, health in blue states (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Feb 6 OP
Sue time again............... Lovie777 Feb 6 #1
Let's sue him for $10 billion dollars! Initech Feb 6 #9
Mad King orangecrush Feb 6 #2
Until he's in the ground: fat, orange imbecile wolfie001 Feb 6 #3
Weren't those funded by Congressional legislation? Martin Eden Feb 6 #4
No Way Is This Legal... GB_RN Feb 6 #5
America's smallest president -- a vindictive little POS (nt) William Seger Feb 6 #6
Targeting Blue states exclusively. hadEnuf Feb 6 #7
Can Blue States withhold Federal taxes? purr-rat beauty Feb 6 #8

Martin Eden

(15,471 posts)
4. Weren't those funded by Congressional legislation?
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 08:15 AM
Feb 6

I don't want to jump to conclusion, but I think this administration might be overstepping its Constitutional bounds.

GB_RN

(3,537 posts)
5. No Way Is This Legal...
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:00 AM
Feb 6

How many times do these fuckwads have to lose in court before they cease and desist?

hadEnuf

(3,573 posts)
7. Targeting Blue states exclusively.
Fri Feb 6, 2026, 09:03 AM
Feb 6

Abuse of power.

Sue the shit out of Trump and keep pushing impeachment. I don't care if it takes 100 times to impeach and remove that monster.

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