GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad

Senate Republicans are criticizing President Trump for using taxpayer funds to pay for political advertisements. The ads, which pledge to cast out communists and fascists, are viewed by some lawmakers as an inappropriate use of government resources.
President Trump's new government-funded ads pledging to “cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists” are getting strong pushback from Senate Republicans who are warning the president not to use taxpayer money to promote himself in such a brazenly political way. While Republicans generally approve of Trump’s political message, they say using taxpayer dollars to fund...
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