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26 October
5:03 pm

no one before, to my knowledge, in history has ever gone out and decided that blue states aren't going to get the funding they deserve, even just for transportation, whereas the red states get more

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John Hickenlooper, at Colorado U.S. Senate General Election Debate (9NEWS)

5:03 pm
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Why we checked itA specific historical claim that Trump uniquely withheld federal transportation funding from blue states in favor of red states — verifiable against federal funding distribution data and historical precedent
What we foundThe Trump administration has demonstrably withheld or rescinded transportation and other federal funding concentrated in Democratic-leaning states, but the claim that 'no one in history' has ever done this is too absolute — prior presidents (notably Nixon) engaged in broad impoundment of congressionally approved funds, though not framed in blue-vs-red partisan terms.
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