Trump breaks silence on taxpayer-funded ‘campaign ads’ as even Republicans balk
Trump says he will ‘gladly pay the money’ to run the ads himself if it’s ‘wrong’ to use millions of taxpayer dollars
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Trump says he will ‘gladly pay the money’ to run the ads himself if it’s ‘wrong’ to use millions of taxpayer dollars
Trump says he will ‘gladly pay the money’ to run the ads himself if it’s ‘wrong’ to use millions of taxpayer dollars
Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.
President Trump is personally selecting which government-funded ads his administration is airing ahead of the midterms — with more to come, Axios has learned. "This is just the beginning," an administration official told Axios. Why it matters: The seemingly partisan nature of the taxpayer-funded ads
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