Baldwin, Evers: Funding promised by Trump to help Kenosha can't be used to rebuild
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
MADISON - None of the more than $40 million in federal help promised by President Donald Trump when he visited Kenosha earlier this month can actually be used to rebuild the community, according to Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin.
And all but $1 million was already coming to the state, regardless of the damage done during protests that followed the shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by a white Kenosha police officer, the officials wrote Trump.
During an event in Kenosha on Sept. 1 with U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr and Homeland Security Director Chad Wolf, Trump announced his administration was dedicating more than $40 million to Wisconsin to rebuild from the unrest.
"Today’s grant money will help to bolster community-based crime-fighting initiatives and provide much needed support to victims affected by the recent violence," Barr said in a statement included in the U.S. Department of Justice announcement that day.
That money came on top of $4 million Trump said would be dedicated to Kenosha businesses that experienced damage, and more money to prosecute crimes.
But Baldwin and Evers wrote Thursday in a letter to the president that the $4 million for small businesses was already earmarked by the federal relief bill known as the CARES Act for coronavirus pandemic-related losses, and can't be used for other purposes.
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good god!! Trump promised money that was already allocated to Wisconsin Kenosha
What a nasty thing to do. fly in on tax dollars. promise money that was already coming. damn.
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