President Trump drove a stake through the heart of another racist Biden policy that gave minorities $2.75 billion solely based on their race. Under a new Trump directive, the Biden-era Digital Equity Act will cease to exist.
The bill establishes “grant programs for promoting digital equity, supporting digital inclusion activities, and building capacity for state-led efforts to increase adoption of broadband by their residents.”
“The bill also establishes the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program for supporting efforts to achieve digital equity, promote digital inclusion, and stimulate adoption of broadband.”
It dished out $2.75 billion to support various groups, including incarcerated individuals, disabled people, and non-English speakers, who are mostly illegal aliens. It also specifically targeted individuals in a “racial or ethnic minority group.”
“I have spoken with my wonderful Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, and we agree that the Biden/Harris so-called ‘Digital Equity Act’ is totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL,” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“No more woke handouts based on race! The Digital Equity Program is a RACIST and ILLEGAL $2.5 BILLION DOLLAR giveaway. I am ending this IMMEDIATELY, and saving Taxpayers BILLIONS OF DOLLARS!”
The program was part of the 2021 Biden administration’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill, H.R. 3684, also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and included social spending and “clean energy” investments.
While the program committed over $42 billion to connecting everyone to “reliable, affordable high-speed internet,” not a single person had benefited from it by 2024.
“In 2021, the Biden Administration got $42.45 billion from Congress to deploy high-speed Internet to millions of Americans,” Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman, posted on Twitter. “Years later, it has not connected even 1 person with those funds. In fact, it now says that no construction projects will even start until 2025 at earliest.”
It remains unclear how much of the $42 billion has been committed toward the racist program. However, Trump’s timely action to stop the project before construction begins could save American taxpayers a significant amount.
Meanwhile, critics, including the enraged left, took to social media to throw a tantrum after President Trump abruptly stopped their race-based slush fund.
Bangladeshi-born Virginia state Senator Saddam Azlan Salim said his state was already planning to use the funds under Governor Youngkin’s Digital Opportunity Plan.
Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ed Markey also described Trump’s action as illegal and promised to fight back against it, likely because Democrats could easily get a restraining order from an activist judge.
“This illegal action will hurt our economy, our schools, our seniors, and our democracy. We will fight back against it,” posted Massachusetts Democratic Senator Ed Markey.
Ironically, leftists were not in a hurry to connect these “underserved communities” until Trump decided to hit the brakes on the program. While they argue that ending the program would widen the digital divide across the country, a more realistic approach could address the same problems without racial discrimination.
