Democrats sound alarm as Trump cuts flood prevention projects in blue states

[applegrove]

Democrats sound alarm as Trump cuts flood prevention projects in blue states

By Annie Grayer and Ella Nilsen, CNN
7 minute read
Updated 12:18 PM EDT, Wed May 21, 2025

CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/politics/blue-state-flood-prevention-cuts

The Trump administration significantly cut funding for flood prevention projects in blue states across the country while creating new water construction opportunities in red states, undoing a Biden-era budget proposal that would have allocated money more evenly, according to a data analysis prepared by Democratic staffers.

California and the state of Washington lost the most funds, with the administration cutting water construction budget for those states by a combined $606 million, according to the analysis, which was shared with CNN. Texas, meanwhile, gained $206 million.

Democrats decried the moves, saying the administration was slashing essential projects in the name of political retribution. Collectively, states with Democratic senators lost over $436 million in funding compared to what they would have received under the last proposed budget of President Joe Biden’s administration, the data analysis shows. Republican-led states gained more than $257 million, the analysis shows.

“President Trump is blatantly playing politics with critical Army Corps construction investments and punishing the American people for the way their states have voted,” House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro and fellow Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur said in a joint statement to CNN.

[Lovie777]

1. There are shit this madman can't do................

ever.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Well, that means they're going to have to rename Pompton Lakes

as Lake Pompton.

[misanthrope]

3. This was easily foreseeable

He had given evidence that he wanted to use withholding disaster relief as revenge on blue locales.

[dutch777]

5. Yeah, but the big pretty houses by the water and the farms are likely Trump voters. Won't just be Dems dinged.

Trump clearly has not done the calculus on the mid terms. They may be blue states but some of those blue state congressional districts may be held by one of his all too necessary GOP House votes. He can't read, he does no planning and this math will bite him in the ass.

[Jit423]

6. Good lessons for Dems to learn when they get back the power. nt

[Celerity]

8. Good luck with that. Centrists & conservadems will toss toys from the pram if other Dems suggest turnabout is fair play.

No Labels will be banging the appeasement drums for their Problem Solvers crew to march to, including their once-members (and still allies) in the US Senate like Slotkin, etc.

[Cha]

7. BACKFIRE ON THIS VICIOUS UGLY

TREASONOUS MAD AS A RABID BAT.