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President Trump, using terms like "racist" and "totally unconstitutional," threatened to immediately stop a measure signed by President Joe Biden aimed at expanding high-speed internet access. Early in his term, President Biden enacted a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, which incorporated the Digital Equity Act. This lesser-known initiative aims to improve high-speed internet access in underserved communities , benefiting a broad spectrum of populations including rural areas, veterans, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities.
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.that program was bringing broadband internet access to the hayseed Trump voters who live out in the styx. Maybe the problem was that the program also taught their kids how to use it," one user commented.
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Blows my mind how these people think they have more in common with a billionaire rapist than their neighbor because they think everyone deserves healthcare," a third user added, reports the Irish Star . In his typical provocative style, Trump criticized the law on Thursday for its efforts to enhance internet access for racial and ethnic minorities. He claimed in a social media post that it equated to providing "woke handouts based on race.
" The law in question, while stating that racial minorities may be eligible for the program, also includes a nondiscrimination clause. This clause explicitly prohibits exclusion from the program "on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability"—language that echoes the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This clause represents the sole reference to race within the legislation.
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This act allocates $60 million in grants to states and territories for the development of strategies to improve equitable internet access and provides an additional $2.5 billion in grants for the implementation of these strategies. States with sanctioned plans, including traditionally red and rural states such as Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, and Kansas, have already begun receiving a portion of these funds.
In the time leading up to Trump's inauguration, the Biden administration approved hundreds of millions of dollars in extra funding, which has yet to be distributed. Initially, there was uncertainty regarding whether Trump had kept his promise to halt the grants, which were allocated by Congress..
