Trump ad airing with government funding despite law against ‘propaganda’
A Trump administration advertisement is being aired using government funding, despite federal laws that prohibit the use of public money for publicity or propaganda purposes.
Since the 1950s, annual appropriations legislation — including the funding bill Trump signed in February — has routinely included a ban on using federal funds for “publicity or propaganda purposes.”
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