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Trump kills broadband grants, calls digital equity program “racist and illegal” | Trump move also takes grants away from veterans and people with disabilities.
Trump move also takes grants away from veterans and people with disabilities.
As a National Telecommunications and Information Administration webpage says, the grants "aim to ensure that all people and communities have the skills, technology, and capacity needed to reap the full benefits of our digital economy." The digital equity law, approved as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, allows for grants benefitting a wide range of Americans who lack reliable and affordable Internet access. While Trump is "labeling efforts to address racial inequity as discriminatory themselves," his action "will also severely impact his voter base of white Americans who live in rural areas in red states, including veterans and the elderly," the group said.
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