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Trump is working to defund the same project now.
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
These improvements came after Americans rejected soft-on-crime and defund-the-police policies, which resulted in a spike in crime over the previous 4 years.
—Gabe Evans, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
And then to have a new president come along, slash funding to the arts, defund the National Endowment for the Arts among many other arts agencies, and then insist single-handedly to add his name to the memorial.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The print demands that, perhaps, like language and letter, the call to defund ICE should be taught to us in our youth and with the same urgency that we were taught the alphabet.
—Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2026
These improvements came after Americans rejected soft-on-crime and defund-the-police policies, which resulted in a spike in crime over the previous 4 years.
—Gabe Evans, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
And then to have a new president come along, slash funding to the arts, defund the National Endowment for the Arts among many other arts agencies, and then insist single-handedly to add his name to the memorial.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
The print demands that, perhaps, like language and letter, the call to defund ICE should be taught to us in our youth and with the same urgency that we were taught the alphabet.
—Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defund. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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