Trump signing statement ends federal goodies for minorities and women; treats all Americans equally

President Donald Trump included a signing statement when he signed the spending bill that funds the federal government through September that effectively puts an end to affirmative action when it comes to taxpayer-funded grants.

Imagine that, treating Americans equally.

Pointing to the Constitution, the president said he will treat programs established by Congress that give preferences based on race and sex for grants “consistent with the requirement to afford equal protection of the laws,” the USA Today reported.

Provisions described as “impermissible forms of congressional aggrandizement in the execution of the laws.”

The signing statement reads: “My Administration shall treat provisions that allocate benefits on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender in a manner consistent with the requirement to afford equal protection of the laws under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment.”

The Daily Mail reported on programs named in the statement:

The signing statement specifically mentions a $654 million set-aside for Native American and Native Alaskan housing block grants; a $34 million appropriation for the Commerce Department’s Minority Business Development Agency; more than $20 million to guarantee loans to historically black colleges and universities; and $15 million to boost payments to ‘native Hawaiian’ defense contractors.

 

All of which is sure to have minority groups and women crying foul… while millions of white American males feel a little more equal today.

For the record, signing statements are not exclusive to the Trump presidency.

The Washington Times reported that “Presidents [Barack] Obama and George W. Bush issued dozens of ‘signing statements’ spelling out areas where they disagreed with congressional intent in various legislation, and asserting their executive authority to carry out the law as they saw fit.”

Other areas addressed on Friday include weapons programs, state and local marijuana laws and Guantanamo Bay.

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